Catulle Mendes, French poet and man of letters mb-code LW002906 The planet Saturn (in 1872)'

The planet Saturn (in 1872)'

edged with ermine and fastened by a morse across the chest

Twenty coats of arms from monuments in the churchyard of All Saints

in the mists and gloom at the figure's feet

It was as FISA president that he took part in the fight for the control of F1 racing - known as the FISA-FOCA war - with Bernie Ecclestone and the other F1 team bosses between 1980-82

Catulle Mendes, French poet and man of letters mb-code LW002906 The planet Saturn (in 1872)'Catulle Mendes, French poet and man of letters, 1906. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860 1920, 6th album, Editions MD, Paris.