[Bibliography] Catalogue raisonné des Manuscrits

Conservés dans la Bibliotheque de la Ville & République de Genève. Jean Senebier. Geneva, Barthelemy Chirol, 1779. Cased, title on spine. Title page with vignette, IV,478 pp.

First printing of the first catalogue of the manuscripts of the city of Geneva; compiled by the city librarian, Jean Senebier (1742-1809), also physiologist. The manuscripts described (many special and early) incl. Latin, French, Spanish, Italian and oriental examples. At the end an authors index. Important manuscript catalogue. Scarce.