France, Centenary of the Birth of Charles-Augustin de Sainte-Beuve, Boulogne, 1904, a silver plaque by S.-E. Vernier for the Journal des Débats, bust left, books and quill around, reverse legend in 14 lines, 65 x 47mm (PBE –; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.342, 7; BDM VI, 235). Very fine, rare (£30-40)

Charles Augustin de Sainte-Beuve (1804-69), literary critic, novelist and poet from Boulogne