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Auction 74  12-13 Apr 2023
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Lot 830

Estimate: 650 GBP
Price realized: 2200 GBP
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Religion, Switzerland, Jean Dassier (1676-1763) "Les Réformateurs de L'Église" [The Protestant Reformers], the complete set of twenty-four silvered bronze medals, c. 1725, each with a portrait bust and, on reverse, biographical details and dates, comprising:- John Wycliffe (MI.9/1); John Hus; Jerome of Prague; Patrick Hamilton, the first martyr of the reformed religion in Scotland (MI.32/19); Ulrich Zwingli; Johann Oecolampadius; Berthold Haller; Simon Grynaeus; Martin Luther; Paul Fagius; Martin Bucer; [Archbishop] Thomas Cranmer, Martyr (MI.79/86); Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London, Martyr (MI.76/27); Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester, Martyr (MI.76/28); Philip Melanchthon; John A Lasco; Peter Martyr; Wolfgang Musculus; John Calvin; Guillaume Farel; Pierre Viret; John Knox (MI.119/56); Heinrich Bullinger; Theodore Beza, each approx. 28.5mm. (Eisler I, ch. IV, 2-25; Whiting 22-45; BDM p 513), extremely fine (24)
Whilst the complete sets are not considered rare, it should be noted that in commerce they do not appear with any degree of frequency. The medals are listed in the same order as Eisler. There is no Dedication Medal, the un-matching medal of Archbishop William Wake and nor are there the medals of the Geneva Theologians. Separate Medallic Illustrations references are given for the British subjects depicted.

Estimate: 650 - 850 GBP
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