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France, Albert Sorel, 1904, a plated bronze plaque by J.-C. Chaplain, bust right, reverse legend in 12 lines, open book and laurel branch below, 70 x 56mm (PBE –; Coll. R. Marx –; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.51, 1; BDM –). Good very fine, very rare, in box of issue (£40-60)

Albert Sorel (1842-1906), French historian, author of L’Europe et la Revolution