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Le Cabinet de la Bibliothèque de Sainte Geneviève. Divisé en deux parties. Contenant les Antiquitez de la Réligion des Chrétiens, des Égyptiens, & des Romains ; des tombeaux, des poids & des médailles; des monnoyes, des pierres antiques gravées, & des mineraux; des talismans, des lampes antiques, des animaux les plus rares & les plus singuliers, des coquilles les plus considérables, des fruits étrangers, & quelques plantes exquises.
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First edition. Folio volume in full original leather containing two parts with continuous pagination. The full binding has attractive gilt designs and original burgundy label to the spine, however it has splitting to the spine edges, and a large area of surface loss to the rear board. Binding is still holding though. First edition of one of the finest descriptions of a cabinet of curiosities, and certainly the most lavishly illustrated. The illustrations comprise 2 frontispiece titles, a portrait of the author, and 45 engraved plates (7 plates, including 5 double plates showing the cabinet, 31 plates of Egyptian and Roman objects: lamps, weights, coins, medals, engraved stones, talismans, coins and medals from France and the popes, and 6 plates on natural history). The plates were engraved by Franz Ertinger, engraver to the king. The copperplate frontis engraving of the author is by Antoine Trouvain. Hand written ownership inscription of Madame de La Villegontier. Hand written ownership inscription of the Abbé de Lesquen, Vicar General of Dol and Quimper. Internally, mainly in good, clean condition with a touch of marking, but there has been a burn mark (looks like a careless candle). This has caused holes to the first three leaves of the preface, and a large hole to the first folding plate. there is also a little scorching to the frontis portrait. Some marginal staining to the quite a few of the pages. It is a shame, as otherwise it is a beautiful example. Plate 42 has a neat archival repair where there was a closed tear. (4) ff., 224-(8) pages. Signatures: pi² ?² A-3M². 44cm x 30cm. Claude Du Molinet (16201687), was the librarian at the Abbey of Sainte-Geneviève in Paris. This work meticulously describes the abbey's extraordinary cabinet of curiosities, adjacent to its library, showcasing a vast array of antiquities, natural specimens, and exotic artefacts. The Abbey of Sainte-Geneviève in Paris, founded around 512, was a major Benedictine monastery and scholarly center until its suppression during the French Revolution. Its church was largely transformed into the Panthéon, while most abbey buildings were demolished post-1800. Conforms to WorldCat / OCLC: 19374086. The ownership of this volume highlights the tensions of the French Revolution. The first was Madame de La Villegontier. Marie-Victoire de La Villirouët (also spelled La Villegontier or similar variants), a Breton noblewoman whose husband who joined the émigré army of Condé in 1792, making her a "femme d'émigré" under suspicion by Revolutionary authorities. She spent time under arrest for this. Abbé de Lesquen was Vicar General for the dioceses of Dol and Quimper. he was among the last commendatory abbots of Langonnet Abbey. (A commendatory abbot was a nobleman who held the role without full monastic duties). The French Revolution ended monastic life there. The abbey later became a stud farm under Napoleon. .
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