Diagonal black SpÉcimen / No # ovpt front; vertical Specimen perf; all-zero s/n

Obverse Description

French text; standing allegorical woman holding scepter; coat of arms with balance scales, sword, sunburst, and text “L’Esprit des Lois;” underprint pattern of olive branches, helmets, lyres, fasces, sunbursts, and caducei; political philosopher Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Br?de et de Montesquieu (Montesquieu); coat of arms of the Secondat de La Br?de (Montesquieu family) with silver crescent topped by two gold shells

Reverse Description

French text; statue of Roman dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix in alcove above parchment with text “Dialogue de Sylla et d’Eucrate;” head of Montesquieu; penal code; underprint of flowers; La Br?de castle (Gironde), Montesquieu’s birthplace, surrounded by water; man wearing turban, reading “Les Lettres Persanes