Creator
Du Molinet, Claude.
Title
Le cabinet de la bibliothèque de Sainte-Geneviève.
Coverage
Paris
Publisher
A. Dezallier
Date
1692
Description
The twelve-year tenure of Claude du Molinet (1620–1687) as librarian of the Bibliothèque de Sainte-Geneviève is marked by his addition of a cabinet of curiosities to the library’s 20,000 volumes. This description of the collection is profusely illustrated with remarkable copper plates by German engraver Franz Ertinger (1640–ca. 1710), including seven double-page plates at the beginning showing interior views of the library and its exhibition rooms.
Source
Purchased from the Harper Fund.