MARGOLIS BOOK ON NINI MEDALLIONS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN REVIEWED IN ACADEMIC JOURNAL

Carla J. Mulford, one of the nation's pre-eminent scholars of Benjamin Franklin, recently published a review of Richard Margolis's book Benjamin Franklin in Terra Cotta in the importantjournal Early American Literature (Vol. 52, No. 3, 2017, pp. 729-748). Margolis's book painstakingly traces the history and production of the medallions produced by Jean-Baptiste Ninidepicting the popular American statesman, printer, scientist and diplomat. Mulford's review is very positive, and at times is downright effusive. This is especially notable coming from such aserious, scholarly journal.

In discussing three recent publications on Franklin, Mulford writes, "Of the three, the Margolis volume is the most original: it is a thoroughly readable and original scholarly study, featuringMargolis's immense research in archival and material evidence that has never before been collected and presented in a single volume." She continues, writing that "Margolis's book will likely standfor the next several hundred years as the definitive study of the masterworks of the Nini pottery at Chateau-sur-Loire. The volume is just an amazing achievement. It leaves me, an owner of three ofNini's medallions, spellbound with admiration for the range and complexity of Margolis's original research."

A preview of the review essay can be found at https://muse.jhu.edu/article/675673 .

Benjamin Franklin in Terra Cotta is published by Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers and can be ordered at: https://www.numislit.com/pages/books/3473 .

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