56 - [GOGUET & FUGERES]. On the Origin of Laws, the Arts, and the Sciences, and Their Progress Among Ancient Peoples. Paris, Desaint & Saillant [-Knapen], 1759–1778. 6 vols., in-12, lx–403–[4] pp., 3 folding plates; vii-387 pp., 1 fold-out table (with pp. 389–392 of vol. III bound as a duplicate at the end by mistake); vii-399 pp., 6 fold-out plates; viii-395 pp., 1 fold-out table; viii-484 pp., 1 fold-out table; iv-382 pp. The first 5 volumes are in marbled calfskin, the 6th in marbled sheepskin (nearly identical format), with plain, decorated spines (contemporary bindings). The sixth and final volume (in a different binding) bears the subtitle *Dissertations* and was published by Knapen, Paris, 1778. The other five volumes are addressed to Desaint and Saillant and dated 1759.

[GOGUET & FUGERES]. On the Origin of Laws, the Arts, and the Sciences, and Their Progress Among Ancient Peoples. Paris, Desaint & Saillant [-Knapen], 1759–1778. 6 vols., in-12, lx–403–[4] pp., 3 folding plates; vii-387 pp., 1 fold-out table (with pp. 389–392 of vol. III bound as a duplicate at the end by mistake); vii-399 pp., 6 fold-out plates; viii-395 pp., 1 fold-out table; viii-484 pp., 1 fold-out table; iv-382 pp. The first 5 volumes are in marbled calfskin, the 6th in marbled sheepskin (nearly identical format), with plain, decorated spines (contemporary bindings). The sixth and final volume (in a different binding) bears the subtitle *Dissertations* and was published by Knapen, Paris, 1778. The other five volumes are addressed to Desaint and Saillant and dated 1759. First in-12 edition, following the original in-4 edition of 1758, of this comprehensive history of ancient civilizations, examining the origin and development of political institutions, laws, the arts, technologies, and the sciences, from biblical times to the return of the Hebrews from captivity. The illustrations include 9 plates and 3 fold-out chronological tables, depicting, among other things, Egyptian monuments, hieroglyphs, and various instruments and techniques from antiquity. This is a mixed set: the first five volumes are dated 1759, while the sixth, titled *Dissertations*, is from the 1778 edition. Bookplate: Nazareth / Saint-Stanislas de Péronne.