Olivier De Serres French Agriculture Bronze Medal / Medaille Bretagne
$ 6.87
Description
OLIVIER DE SERRES FRENCH AGRICULTURE BRONZE MEDAL / MEDAILLE BRETAGNE. Obverse: bust of Olivier De Serres, signed by De Longueil. Olivier de Serres (1539–1619) was a French author and soil scientist whose Théâtre d'Agriculture (1600) was the accepted textbook of French agriculture in the 17th century. Obverse : bust of Olivier De Serres, signed by De Longueil Reverse : "association agricole Bretonne" Diameter : 51 m m or 2 inches Weight : 66 grams Metal : bronze, pointing hand foundry mark from the Paris Mint on edge in use between 1845 and 1860 Olivier de Serres (1539–1619) was a French author and soil scientist whose Théâtre d'Agriculture (1600) was the accepted textbook of French agriculture in the 17th century.
