The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part I)

FRANCE/SWITZERLAND, Voltaire et Rousseau, c. 1820, a uniface brass medal by F.A. Caunois, conjoined busts right, 48mm, 97.64g (cf. BDM I, 361). Good fine; set on an old velvet backing £20-£30

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

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Voltaire was the pseudonym of François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), one of the greatest of all French writers; Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) was a philosopher, writer and composer.