Auction 12 XII Medal auction
By Alarcón Subastas
Oct 10, 2023
Lagasca 36. 28001 Madrid Spain
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LOT 37:

Henrionnet and Durand
René Descartes (1596-1650) French philosopher ...

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René Descartes (1596-1650) French philosopher, mathematician and physicist

Signed: "HENRIONNET F." Bronze; diam.: 41 mm; 37 gr.


RENATUS CARTESIUS / HENRIONNET F. (front).


NATUS / AN.M.D.XCVI. / HAGAE TURONICAE / IN GALLIA / OBIIT / HOLMIAE / AN.M.DC.L. / SERIES NUMISMATICA / UNIVERSALIS VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM. / M.DCCC.XXII. / DURAND EDIDIT (back).


The effigy depicted is of René Descartes (1596-1650), French philosopher, mathematician and physicist, father of modern philosophy and analytical geometry.


The work was made by the medallist Henrionnet under the edition of Pierre-Amédée Durand (1789-1873).

Weight:  37 gr

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