Le grand théâtre historique, ou Nouvelle histoire universelle, tant sacrée que profane, depuis la création du monde, jusqu'au commencement du XVIIIe siècle [...].

5 parts in 4 vol., folio; 12 (of 13) pl. (text n.c., 1 portrait missing; +/- browned, foxing, some spotting, sl. marg. damp stains in vol. I, outside margins at end of vol. I and begin. vol. IV gnawed at due to dampstaining, stronger in vol. IV).

Contemp. spr. calf, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands, spr. edges (2 heads missing and sm. lack to head of vol. III, some def. and repairs, damp stains).

Translation of Nicolas Gueudeville based on the work of the German compiler von Imhof. Abundant illustration composed of 1 title/frontispiece, 1 dedicatory engr. double pl. to the Elector of Brandeburg, 12 plates (9 (of 10) portraits of Roman emperors, 1 world map by Pierre Vander Aa, 2 fold. battle scenes) and 500 ill. in-text.
Bound with: La Rivière, Constance de - Portraits des plus illustres papes, empereurs, rois, princes, grands capitaines, et autres personnes renommées au nombre d'environ six cent [...]. Ibid., [c. 1710]. Engr. title and 28 pl.
Prov. De Bardouville (contemp. ms. entry). - Unidentified arm. bookpl.