Elenchus tabularum, pinacothecarum, atque nonnullorum cimeliorum in gazophylacio = Description abregée des planches, qui représentent les cabinets & quelques-unes des curiosités, contenuës dans le théatre des merveilles de la nature.

2 works in 1 vol., 8vo: [14]-45 pp.; 8 pl. (missing: quire *, pl. VII, G4 and H1-2; some min. spotting).

Contemp. sheep, gilt orn. spine with 7 bands, red edges (some sl. rubbing).

First edition of this finely illustrated catalogue of one of the most beautiful cabinets of curiosities compiled during 40 years by the rich Dutch designer and merchant of luxurious textiles L. Vincent (1658-1727). He collected both naturalia (shells, insects, corals, birds, lizards and small mammals as artificialia. Ill. with 2 engr. title vign., an engr. front. by J. v. Viane after R. de Hooghe, one unnumb. fold. pl. by A. van Buijsen and 6 numb. fold. pl. representing the different closets of the collection. Vincent had one of the foremost Wunderkammern in Holland visited by among others Tsar Peter the Great and King Charles III of Spain. Latin and French in parallel col. Titles in red & black.
Ref. STCN. - Wellcome IV:355. - Landwehr 155. - COPAC. - Not in Nissen.
Prov. Naturw. Museum, Basel (stamp).
Bound with: Id. - Catalogus et descriptio animalium volatilium, reptilium, & aquatilium [...] = Catalogue et description des animaux volatils, aquatils, & des reptiles. The Hague, Pierre de Hondt, 1726. [10]-72 pp. (missing engr. title). Engr. vign. on title. Title in red & black. Ref. STCN. - COPAC.