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2822 - ACADEMIES & SOCIETES SAVANTES - " SOCIETE NATIONALE pour L'E…
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ACADEMIES & SOCIETES SAVANTES - " SOCIETE NATIONALE pour L'EMANCIPATION INTELLECTUELLE - CONNAISSANCES UTILES / MEDAILLE D' ENCOURAGEMENT ( * ). Rare medal in red copper, title on the obverse - On the reverse, 13 lines of text "PURPOSE OF THE SOCIETY, to increase well-being without increasing expenditure / DUTIES OF MEMBERS, to contribute to the improvement of laws, to popularise agricultural and industrial progress - 4 October 1831" - 33 mm - 16.15 grammes - TTB ( * ) learned society publisher of the "journal des connaissances utiles", subtitled "recueil périodique de la famille", publication created by Émile GIRARDIN ( ** ) founder of the society in October 1831; 80 000 copies printed in July 1832. The society also published "l'Atlas de la France des 86 départements et colonies", "l'Almanach de France" indicating "à tous les français qui savent lire leurs devoirs et leurs droits". ( ** ) Émile GIRARDIN , a character! born & died in Paris 1802 / 1881 - Journalist, businessman, politician (deputy from 1834 to 1848 & 1877 to 1881), novelist, creator of numerous newspapers: "le voleur" which published articles stolen from other newspapers..., fashion (with the pens of Honoré de Balzac, E. Sue, Lamartine, etc.), le garde national, le journal des connaissances utiles, le musée des familles, and "La Presse" in 1836, a daily "political, agricultural, industrial and commercial" newspaper at a very low price, with great success based mainly on its advertising revenue.
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About the sale CHRONO SALE OF MEDALS - CURRENCIES - JETONS and MISCELLANEOUS including ORLEANS & LOIRET
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Auction time 06/28/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 87520840
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