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The nine scientific curiosity cabinets of Bonnier de la Mosson (1702-1744)

GERSAINT, Edme François [Quentin de LORANGERE].
Catalogue raisonné d'une collection considerable de diverses curiosités en tous genres, contenuës dans les cabinets de feu Monsieur BONNIER DE LA MOSSON, Bailly & Capitaine des Chasses de la Varenne des Thuilleries & ancien Colonel du régiment Dauphin.

Engraved frontispiece by Boucher, engraved by Duflos.

Engraved frontispiece by Boucher, engraved by Duflos.



Paris, J. Barrois and P.-G. Simon, 1744. Sm. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, red sprinkled edges. Engraved frontispiece by Boucher, engraved by Duflos. (4), XIII, (3), 234, (2) pp.

An important auction catalogue containing items from the nine scientific curiosity cabinets of Bonnier de la Mosson (1702-1744) including a cabinet of chemistry, pharmacy, drugs, utensils for making instruments, three cabinets of natural history objects, including a rich collection of shells, a cabinet of physics and machinery like  a magic lantern, a collection of prints, and paintings (including "The Goldsmith's shop" by Quinten Matsijs), bronzes, jewelry, and porcelain. Edme François Gersaint also published a catalogue of the works of Rembrandt, as well as a series of important auction catalogues of art and natural history collections.

Good copy, with bookplate pasted on inside frontcover  of  Viscount William Bateman.- (Binding slightly rubbed).
Hoefer, 34 pp. 989; Jammes, Cabinets de curiosités, 50; Lugt I, 614.

Related Subjects: Cabinet of Curiosities  Catalogues  Collections  France 

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