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GUIDO GRANDI |
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| SELVI, Antonio: Italy, 1738, Bronze (cast), 87 mm Obv: Bust of Guido Grandi (r) wearing a clerical cap and cloak D. GVIDO. GRANDVS. ABBAS. CAMALD. MATHEM. PIS. VNIV. Rev: Minerva and Mercury atop a table supported by eagles and laden with plans, books, and a globe EYPHKA Exergue: AN. MDCCXXXVIII Signed: A. SELVI. F. Ref: Vannel and Toderi 166/193; Johnson p.145; Europese Penningen # 1366 Guido Grandi (1671-1742) was Mathematician to Ferdinand de' Medici and Cosimo III. Later he was Professor at the University of Pisa. |
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