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1014 - BERGIER, Nicolas *History of the Major Roads of the Roman Empire*, detailing the origin, development, and almost unbelievable extent of the military roads, paved from the city of Rome to the farthest reaches of its Empire [...]. New edition [...] enriched with maps and illustrations. Brussels: J. Léonard, 1728. 2 vols., 4to: [46]-602, [2]-[603]/909-[29] pp.; 7 (of 8) plates (browning, some spotting and/or foxing throughout). Contemporary mottled calf, gilt-decorated spines with raised bands and red title label, red sprinkled edges (joints and corners worn, vol. II: tail cap missing, joints beginning to split, water stains on upper board). New edition (1st Paris 1622) illustrated with copperplate engravings: 1 frontispiece by Bernard Picart, 2 portraits (1 folded), 3 plates (2 folded; 1 folded plate missing), 1 title vignette (repeated), 6 headpieces (2 different) by Heÿlbrouck, and 1 folded map (“Tabula itineraria ex illustri Peutingerorum bibliotheca”) consisting of 8 sections with a total length of 4 meters. List of subscribers in vol. I. ref. Kress Libr. 3737. - Cf. Cicognara 882.
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BERGIER, Nicolas *History of the Major Roads of the Roman Empire*, detailing the origin, development, and almost unbelievable extent of the military roads, paved from the city of Rome to the farthest reaches of its Empire [...]. New edition [...] enriched with maps and illustrations. Brussels: J. Léonard, 1728. 2 vols., 4to: [46]-602, [2]-[603]/909-[29] pp.; 7 (of 8) plates (browning, some spotting and/or foxing throughout). Contemporary mottled calf, gilt-decorated spines with raised bands and red title label, red sprinkled edges (joints and corners worn, vol. II: tail cap missing, joints beginning to split, water stains on upper board). New edition (1st Paris 1622) illustrated with copperplate engravings: 1 frontispiece by Bernard Picart, 2 portraits (1 folded), 3 plates (2 folded; 1 folded plate missing), 1 title vignette (repeated), 6 headpieces (2 different) by Heÿlbrouck, and 1 folded map (“Tabula itineraria ex illustri Peutingerorum bibliotheca”) consisting of 8 sections with a total length of 4 meters. List of subscribers in vol. I. ref. Kress Libr. 3737. - Cf. Cicognara 882.
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