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

SWITZERLAND, Bicentenaire de la naissance de Jean-Jacques Rousseau [Bicentenary of the Birth of Jean-Jacques Rousseau], 1912, a bronze medal by A. de Niederhäusern, bust left, rose-branch behind, rev. legend in 7 lines, edge impressed bronze and with foundry mark, 57mm, 91.60g (Martin 76; Coll. R. Marx 487; cf. Sincona 43, 4287; cf. Noonans 257, 598). Good very fine £40-£50

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

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bt J. Lis, December 2004

Edition of 230 in bronze. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) was a Genevan philosopher, writer and composer.