WORLD MEDALS, SWITZERLAND, Jean Frédéric Ostervald (1663-1747), Swiss Protestant cleric, teacher and author, Fellow of the Royal Society, Copper Medal, 1740, by Jean Antoine Dassier, bust left in clerical surplis, rev legend in nine lines between sun and palm sprays, 43mm (MI 557/184). Extremely fine.
Minister at the Reformed Church in Geneva, whose works were translated into English and mostly published by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.
ex O'Byrne Collection
Estimate: £40-60