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France, Marché aux Bestiaux, Abbatoirs Généraux, La Villette, 1872, a bronze medal by L. Merley, standing figure of Providentia with animals, signs of the zodiac around, rev. aerial view of the market and slaughterhouses, 76mm (BDM IV, 43; cf. DNW 50, 1285). Extremely fine (£30-40)