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1147 - MONTFAUCON, Bernard, *Antiquity Explained and Depicted in Illustrations* [...] [- Supplement [...]]. Paris: F. Delaulne, H. Foucault, M. Clousier, P.-Fr. Giffart, 1719 [-1724], 15 vols., folio (no condition noted, aside from some normal defects; otherwise a rather good copy). Contemporary mottled sheepskin, gilt-ornamented spines with raised bands, red edges (heavily rubbed, joints split or beginning to split). First edition of this work on classical archaeology by B. de Montfaucon (1655–1741), a Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur and one of the founders of modern archaeology. Richly illustrated with numerous plates, including 246 double-page plates and 3 folding plates. Complete with the 5 supplementary volumes. Titles in red and black. Ref. Cohen 731. - Cicognara 2493. - Cat. of the Avery Arch. Libr. 680-681. - Cf. *Printing and the Mind of Man* 175.
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MONTFAUCON, Bernard, *Antiquity Explained and Depicted in Illustrations* [...] [- Supplement [...]]. Paris: F. Delaulne, H. Foucault, M. Clousier, P.-Fr. Giffart, 1719 [-1724], 15 vols., folio (no condition noted, aside from some normal defects; otherwise a rather good copy). Contemporary mottled sheepskin, gilt-ornamented spines with raised bands, red edges (heavily rubbed, joints split or beginning to split). First edition of this work on classical archaeology by B. de Montfaucon (1655–1741), a Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur and one of the founders of modern archaeology. Richly illustrated with numerous plates, including 246 double-page plates and 3 folding plates. Complete with the 5 supplementary volumes. Titles in red and black. Ref. Cohen 731. - Cicognara 2493. - Cat. of the Avery Arch. Libr. 680-681. - Cf. *Printing and the Mind of Man* 175.
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