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France, Alexandre Bixio, 1848, a bronze medal by E. Rogat, bust right, rev. legend, 51mm (BDM V, 193); Belgium, Centenary of the Academy of Science, Literature and Art, 1872, a bronze medal after B. Duvivier, robed bust of Maria Theresa left, rev. legend in 10 lines, 51mm; England, Duke of Devonshire Elected Chancellor of Cambridge University, 1862, a bronze medal by T. Ottley, bust left, rev. interior view of the Senate House, 45mm (BHM 2713; E 1559) [3]. First very fine but scuffed in reverse field, others extremely fine and patinated (£30-40)

Jacques-Alexandre Bixio (1808-65), journalist and founder of the Journal d’agriculture pratique et de jardinage; a political activist, he was prominent in both the 1830 and 1848 Revolutions