Catalogue systématique et raisonné des curiosités de la nature et de l'art, qui composent le cabinet de M. Davila, : avec figures en taille-douce, de plusieurs morceaux qui n'avoient point encore été gravés

By

Dávila, Pedro Francisco, 1713-1785
Dávila, Pedro Francisco, 1711-1786

Romé de L'Isle, Jean Baptiste Louis de, 1736-1790

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

A Paris, chez Briasson, rue Saint-Jacques, à la Science, M. DCC. LXVII [1767]

Notes

Places of distribution from verso of title pages.

Name of printer from colophons.

"Avertissement de M. Davila": volume 1, pages [iii]-vi, 1st count.

"M. de Romé de Lisle ... a fait, de concert avec moi, toute la partie de l'histoire naturelle, & une partie de celle des curiosités de l'art": from avertissement, volume 1, page v, 1st count.

Sale catalogue contains objects of natural history such as shells and minerals, medals, prints, sculpture, scientific instruments, books, and art. The author was selling his collections before he returned to Peru.

Pagination: volume 1: xxxv, [1], 571, [1] pages, XXII leaves of plates (1 folded); volume 2: vi, 656 pages; volume 3: vi, 290, [6], 286, [2] pages, VIII leaves of plates (4 folded).

Signatures: volume 1: a-b⁸ c² A-2M⁸ (Y3 missigned Y4; 2C3 missigned 2C4) 2N⁶ (2N6 verso blank); volume 2: a⁴ (-a4) A-2S⁸ (X4 missigned N4); volume 3: pi⁴ (-pi4) A-S⁸ T⁴ (T2 verso blank) a-f⁸ (f8 verso blank).

Errors in paging: volume 3, pages 170-171 and 174-175, 2nd count, misnumbered 180-181 and 184-185.

Errata: volume 1, pages [559-560], 3rd count; volume 2, page 646; volume 3, page 286 and page [1], 4th count.

Includes indexes: volume 1, pages [514]-558; volume 2, pages [615]-656; volume 3, pages [259]-286, 2nd count and pages [167]-186, 3rd count.

Woodcut printer's ornaments on title pages; head and tail pieces.

Subjects

1711-1786 , Art collections , Cabinets of curiosities , Catalogs , Catalogs and collections , Dávila, Pedro Francisco, , Imprint 1767 , Library , Natural history , Natural history collections

Language

French

Identifiers

LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/06007652
OCLC: 1030450014