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118 - ROLLIN (Charles). ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE EGYPTIANS, the Carthaginians, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Medes and the Persians, the Macedonians, and the Greeks. Paris: Veuve Estienne, 1740. Six and a half volumes in fawn-colored marbled sheepskin with corner pieces, ribbed spines, title and volume number labels in bronze-green morocco, edges speckled in red and black (contemporary binding). Minor losses on the top cap of vol. 2; slight leather wear on the top cap of vol. 5; top cap of vol. 6 worn down with a loss of leather; covers rubbed; 1 loose leaf (pp. 509/510 of vol. 5). FIRST EDITION IN IN-QUARTO FORMAT, the finest edition of this work. It is illustrated with a PORTRAIT etched by Ravenet after Coypel, a headband bearing the coat of arms of the Duke of Chartres, and 29 headpieces engraved in intaglio by Le Bas. This copy includes 12 PLATES of MAPS and PLANS, out of the 13 usually listed, some with watercolor outlines and engraved on azure-blue laid paper. ¶ Brunet, IV-1360.
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ROLLIN (Charles). ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE EGYPTIANS, the Carthaginians, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Medes and the Persians, the Macedonians, and the Greeks. Paris: Veuve Estienne, 1740. Six and a half volumes in fawn-colored marbled sheepskin with corner pieces, ribbed spines, title and volume number labels in bronze-green morocco, edges speckled in red and black (contemporary binding). Minor losses on the top cap of vol. 2; slight leather wear on the top cap of vol. 5; top cap of vol. 6 worn down with a loss of leather; covers rubbed; 1 loose leaf (pp. 509/510 of vol. 5). FIRST EDITION IN IN-QUARTO FORMAT, the finest edition of this work. It is illustrated with a PORTRAIT etched by Ravenet after Coypel, a headband bearing the coat of arms of the Duke of Chartres, and 29 headpieces engraved in intaglio by Le Bas. This copy includes 12 PLATES of MAPS and PLANS, out of the 13 usually listed, some with watercolor outlines and engraved on azure-blue laid paper. ¶ Brunet, IV-1360.
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