BAUDELOT DE DAIRVAL : - Lot 121

BAUDELOT DE DAIRVAL : De l'utilité des voyages, et de l'avantage que la recherche des Antiquitez procure aux Sçavans, par M. Baudelot de Dairval, avocat en Parlement Paris, Pierre Auboüin et Pierre Émery. 1686 2 vol. in-12 in continuous pagination. Volume 1 ff), ff), pp. pp.-pp.- (1 f.). Volume Il : (3 ff), .361 to 732 for 744, (9ff), 142 reproductions of medals and 53 illustrations (including 9 full-page) in-t. by Erlinger engraved with etching. Contemporary full calf, spine ribbed and highly ornamented (headbands and corners damaged, spinebands and edges rubbed). Ex-libris A. Dufresne. First edition. Baudelot de Dairval was Garde des Cabinets des Médailles de Madame. A very interesting work describing the most beautiful Cabinets de Curiosités in Europe. There are also chapters on talismans, amulets - and superstitions relating to objects. Provenance: Morbihan humanist library.