Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals and Banknotes

Les Entretiens de Bichat, 1951, a large cast bronze award medal by R. Delamarre, bust of Xavier Bichat right, reverse legend, centre tablet named (Hommage au Dr. R. Suzor), 118mm. Extremely fine and rare; in original blue Arthus-Bertrand box (£80-100)

Xavier Bichat (1771-1802), French anatomist, surgeon of the Hôtel Dieu, Paris and the so-called father of histology. The Bichat medical lectures were founded in 1947