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Le cabinet de la bibliothéque de Sainte Geneviève

1692
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  • Title: Le cabinet de la bibliothéque de Sainte Geneviève
  • Author: Written by Claude Du Molinet (French, Châlons-sur-Marne 1620–1687 Paris)
  • Illustrator: Franz Ertinger (German, Colmar 1640–1710 Paris)
  • Illustrator: Antoine Trouvain (French, 1656–1708)
  • Publisher: Published by Antoine Joseph Dézallier d'Argenville (French, Paris 1680–1765 Paris)
  • Date: 1692
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 1981
  • Object Number: 1981.1119
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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