FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL Louis XIV (1643-1715). Medal, Série des hommes célèbres, death of Cornelio Malvasia, by F. de Saint-Urbain [1664] (c.1725), Paris. Av. MAR. CORNEL. MALVASIA. BON. SEN. TRIREM. BRIDGE. ET. REG. CHRIST. GENERAL. DVCTOR. ET(c). MDCLXIV. Bust cuirassed right; below, signature F. DE S. V. Rv. * ET. GENII. VOTVM. ET. OCCASIO. GLORIÆ * (background of dotted legends). An armillary sphere with two trophies attached, one of weapons and the other of scientific instruments. Börner 1397 - Beaupré, 1867, series IV (missing); Bronze - 77.35 g - 73 mm - 12 h From a Baldwins sale, 4 May 2010, No. 583. Hanging hole. With a beautiful brown-black patina. Superb. Cornelio Malvasia (1603-1664), Marquis of Bismontova, was an Italian astronomer, writer and general. In 1662, he is said to have invented the reticule, made of a lattice of silver wire, for precise sighting with the telescope.