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fjt_128046 - FRENCH ACADEMY / ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE Académie française, émission de 1785 n.d.

FRENCH ACADEMY / ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE Académie française, émission de 1785 XF
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Type : Académie française, émission de 1785
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,30 g.
Catalogue references :
F.4380  - Guéant - Prieur734 A

Obverse

Obverse legend : LOUIS XVI. ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE..
Obverse description : Buste à gauche de Louis XVI, signé J. P. DROZ. , type Guéant Prieur 734A.

Reverse

Reverse legend : PROTECTEUR DE L'ACADEMIE FRANCOISE A L'IMMORTALITE EN TROIS LIGNES.
Reverse description : dans une couronne de laurier.

Commentary

Buste très rare qui date du milieu des années 1780 et a, par exemple, pu appartenir à Malesherbes. Ces jetons étaient distribués aux membres de l'Académie lors de leurs réunions du lundi, jeudi et samedi. On appelait " jetonniers " les académiciens remarqués pour leur assiduité aux réunions.

Historical background

FRENCH ACADEMY / ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE

The French Academy was founded in 1635, under the reign of Louis XIII, by Cardinal Richelieu, with the aim of embellishing and perfecting the French language, symbol of the power of the King and the State. It had to be "perfect, clear and precise, capable of marrying the twists and turns of thought, of supplanting Latin and of finishing off lexical and stylistic misuse." Monitoring the language, and therefore the writings, was also a means of thwarting political intrigues... The Academy receives as its seal the motto "to immortality" with a crown of laurels, and the care of writing the Dictionary of the language French. Reading advice: MASSON F., "History of the French Academy, 1629-1793", Paris, 1912.

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