L'antiquité expliquée, et représentée en figures.

10 parts in 9 vol., folio (I/1: pl. 37 missing, wormholes throughout, occ. browned or damp-stained, a few pl. torn (esp. I/1: 36, I/2: 124, V/1: 42), repaired (esp. I/2: 148, 167) or detached (V/2: 134) or with centerfold split (V/1: 125)).

Contemp. marbled calf, gilt central coat of arms, gilt-tooled spine with raised bands (bindings very used, but pl. generally neat and in good condition).

First edition of Montfaucon's founding milestone of classical archaeology. This vast pictorial encyclopedia with copious engravings of the gods, heroes, religious customs, architecture, military practices, domestic habits, and funerary rites of the ancient world, all after manuscripts deposited in French libraries, encompasses: the engr. portrait of J. Audran after N. Largillière and 974 engr., some on double pages. Titles in red and black. Without the 5 supplementary vol.
Ref. Cohen 731. - Cicognara 2493. - Cat. of the Avery Arch. Libr. 680-681. - Cp. Printing and the Mind of Man 175.