The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals

FRANCE, Centenaire de La Revue des Deux Mondes, 1929, an Art Déco bronze medal by L.-G. Bazor, bust of François Buloz right, rev. robed female holding two torches between the Old and New Worlds, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 100mm, 453.96g (Maier 329 [Sale, lot 1091]; cf. Arethuse 26 [1930] p.6; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 190, 5835; cf. Elsen 102, 1888; cf. DNW M8, 2281). A powerful design, extremely fine £90-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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La Revue des Deux Mondes, the influential French publication, whose most noted editor was Ferdinand Brunetière (1849-1906), was founded by Prosper Mauroy and Pierre de Ségur-Dupeyron on 1 August 1829. What began as an anodyne periodical was purchased by a young printer, Auguste-Jean Auffray, who convinced his college room-mate, François Buloz (1803-77) to edit it, which he proceeded to do from 1831 until his death. Its emphasis on travel and foreign affairs helped to establish a cultural, economic and political bridge between France and the United States; the Old World and the New