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Bernard de MONTFAUCON

L'antiquité expliquée, et représentée en figures

F. Delaulne et al, à Paris 1719-1724, 5 tomes en 10 Vol. in Folio + 5 Vol. in Folio de suppléments (29x45cm), 15 Vol. reliés.

First edition, comprising 10 volumes in addition to the Folio of the first edition, the five volumes of supplements published later in 1724 See Cohen 731-732. Title pages in red and black. The illustration also remarkable than abundant, is represented by a portrait of dedicatee (Count Victor-Marie d'Estrées) 16 vignettes title, headbands and 15 boards in 1376, three folding and 256 double-page. The designs are Sébastien Leclerc, Nicolas Largilliere and Jean Audran, and engraved by Audran and Le Clerc. (There is no frontispiece in the original as stated Brunet edition.) Full period calf. spine ribbed ornate. various scuffs. qqs caps rubbed. qqs corners bumped. qqs jaw partially cracked. Good set. Monumental and undeniably prolific company on classical antiquity, the work made by B. de Montfaucon (1655-1741) the undisputed father of paleography and scientific archeology. His work reveals the social and cultural and artistic aspects of these civilizations as well remains absolutely essential in the historical approach of antiquity. Much more than a number or a classic antiquity is a Bible explained. The details of the contents of each book: Vol. 1 The gods of the Greeks and Romans; pt. 1 The gods of the first, second & third row of in the order of the times; pt. 2. Heros come to the deity - vol. 2 pt. 1 The cult of the Greeks and Romans; pt. 2 The religion of the Egyptians, Arabs, Syrians, Persians, Scythians, Germans, Gauls, Spaniards, and the Carthaginians - vol. 3 The purpose of life; pt. 1. clothes, furniture, vases, monoyes, weights, measures, Greeks, Romans & other nations; pt. 2 baths, weddings, large & small games, pumps, hunting, fishing, arts, & c. - Vol. 4 War, cars, highways, bridges, aqueducts, navigation; pt. 1. lifted the men of war, clothes, shops, jobs, signs & military combat, weapons of all nations, steps armies, war machines & c. ; pt. 2. public roads, aqueducts, and navigation - vol. 5. funeral, lamps, tortures & c. ; pt. 1 The funeral of the Greeks and Romans; pt. 2. funeral barbarous nations, lamps, tortures, & c.