Paris, Antoine Dezallier, 1692.

2 parts bound in 1 folio volume of : I/ 1 frontispiece, 1 full-page portrait of the author, (4) ll,, 183 pp., 39 plates of which 5 on double-page showing the inside of the library and 34 full-page; II/ 1 frontispiece, pp. 185 to 224, (4) ll., 6 full-page plates.

Blind-stamped vellum, ribbed spine, red morocco lettering piece, mottled edges. Contemporary binding.

426 x 285 mm

First edition of this description of the famous cabinet of curiosities assembled at the abbey of Sainte-Geneviève by Père Du Molinet, director of the library since 1675.

Brunet III, cols. 1814-1815; Goldsmith, BMC STC French 1056; Graesse IV, p. 569; Nissen, ZBI 2861; NBG XV, col. 188; Thieme-Becker XI, p. 15.

The work is divided into two parts. The first is devoted to antiquities, the second to natural history.

It is illustrated with a copper-engraved portrait of the author by Antoine Trouvain, 2 frontispieces and 45 plates out of text (including 5 on double-page) engraved in intaglio by Franz Ertinger.

The plates show the library and the various "sideboards lined with shelves" filled with rare birds, petrified plants, coral branches, medals, engraved stones, clothing and weapons from various countries, musical instruments, minerals, clocks, etc. The cabinet also contained all sorts of unusual animals and natural curiosities.

The cabinet also contained all sorts of unusual animals and natural curiosities, including a Brazilian lizard, rhinoceros,…

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