fjt_226310 - FRENCH ACADEMY / ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE Académie française, émission de 1732 n.d.
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Price : 19.00 €
Type : Académie française, émission de 1732
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Edge : cannelée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LOUIS XV. ROY - DE FR. ET DE NAV..
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XV signé DUVIVIER [inédit proche n°308a] type Guéant Prieur 550O.
Reverse
Reverse legend : PROTECTEUR DE L'ACADEMIE FRANCOISE A L'IMMORTALITE EN TROIS LIGNES.
Reverse description : dans une couronne de laurier.
Commentary
La couronne du revers est fine et irrégulière, sans rubans apparents au nœud.
The lapel crown is thin and irregular, with no visible ribbons at the knot
The lapel crown is thin and irregular, with no visible ribbons at the knot
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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