Catalogue raisonné d'une collection considerable de diverses curiosités en tous genres : contenuës dans les cabinets de feu Monsieur Bonnier de la Mosson, bailly & capitaine des chasses de la Varenne des Thuilleries & ancien Colonel du regiment dauphin
A priced sale catalogue of Joseph Bonnier de la Mosson's cabinet of curiosities, compiled by the dealer Edme-François Gersaint and printed in Paris in 1744 for collectors and bidders at the auction of shells, minerals, corals and decorative objects. Copperplate plates pile coral fans, conches and dolphins into architectural niches, while the letterpress carries woodcut flower baskets, rosette-and-scroll roundels and sunburst ornaments usable as spot devices and section markers.
