FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL Louis XV (1715-1774). Medals, medallions and tokens of Illustrious Men, set of 16 medals (15 of 19 in the series, and 1 lead print) by F. de Saint-Urbain ND (before 1731), Nancy. Av. Effigy of the figure, au naturel, with his title; signature S. V. and/or (date) sometimes. Rv. Various allegorical motifs; sometimes signed S. V. sometimes. Beaupré, 1867, series IV; Bronze - c.45 g - 35 to 65 mm - 12 h Series reconstituted by collection (3, 4, 12 and 16 are missing), with some differences in patina and quality, two examples with holes. A lead print of the 19th is attached. Overall, Superb. Set including the following medals: Giorgio Baglivi, professor of surgery and anatomy(1704); Jean-Paul Bignon, preacher to Louis XIV and librarian; Jean Dominique Cassini, restoration of the meridian of the church of St Petronius in Bologna; John Freind, English physician and chemist; Ulysse Gazzadin, Cardinal of Imola; Marcelo Malpigni, physician and naturalist; John William, Elector Palatine; Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Annielo; Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli, geographer and scientist; Cardinal Henry Norris, Vatican librarian; Carinal Giacomo de Angelis; Livio Odescalchi, commander of the papal contingent in Vienna in 1683; Giovanni Girolamo Sbaralea, physician in Bologna (2 copies); Ferdinand de Saint-Urbain (2 copies).