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1740IPB1385Paris 1740. Leather bound. Charles Rollin - Histoire ancienne des Egyptiens des Carthaginois des Assyriens des Babyloniens des Medes et des Perses des Macedoniens des Grecs - Tome I-VI - Veuve Estienne Paris 1740 - Leatherbound - Good - 20x26 cm - 6-volumes - lxiv 574 11p with engraved frontispiece and 5 maps; 715 10p with 4 f maps; 831 10p with 2 f maps; 712 8p with 2 maps and 1 engraved plate; 852 12p with 2 engraved plates; 816p 16 cm full leather quarto bindings with gild raised bands and red title labels on spines <p>Charles Rollin 1661-1741 published his Ancient History between 1730-38 This 6-volume quarto edition predates the author's death by a year While the history of these works cannot be taken at face value and would not hold up to contemporary historiographic standards what they do offer is a profound example of early 18th-century French academic practices in the study of Ancient civilizations revealing more about scholar-author Rollin and his perspective on both the Classical period and his methodologies in regards to the study of history</p> hardcover
17681779097652MEPPrinted for J. Rivington et al 1768. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1768. 5th Edition. 554 pages. No dust jacket. Brown leather with gilt lettering. Vol.VI. Pages are moderately tanned at the edges with notable foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Tanning more prominent to endpapers and pastedowns. Insect holes to bottom corners throughout. Boards have moderate shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are notably crushed. Loss to both ends of spine. Surface tears to leather. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Boards are notably bowed. Book has a prominent forward lean. Moderate water marks to boards and spine. Printed for J. Rivington et al hardcover
17590854014Glasgow: William Duncan 1759. First Thus. Full Leather. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Ten volumes uniformly bound in brown leather 5-raised bands with gilt decorated compartments red and black gilt stamped title labels gilt border ruling to boards 8vo approx. 300-350pp/volume. An attractive and early set of Rollin's celebrated histories. light shelfwear and rubbing to extremities tips and outer gutters; vol. 1 2 4 & 10 with light scraping at foreedge margin; uniform toning endpapers and page-edges consistent with age; occasional spot stains to foredge margins. William Duncan unknown
17682212130157London: J. Rivington R. Baldwin Hawes Clarke and Collins R. Horsefield W. Johnston 1768. 3rd. Hardcover. Acceptable. 3 volumes only: Vols. 2 3 5. Signed Hanson Hamlin 1804. Large early bookplate of Alexander Hamilton Bridgeport Conn. Early other signatures. Fold out maps. Binding poor leather split at hinges. SOLD with all faults. Illustrated with maps and copper-plates. ESTC T136378. J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, Hawes Clarke and Collins, R. Horsefield, W. Johnston hardcover
1739500029152London: Knapton 1739. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fair. front board missing. Commenced publication in Rolin's lifetime. Tape has been used in two place to keep binding together <br/> <br/> Knapton hardcover
17741072<p>London: Printed for J. and F. Rivington et al. 1774. Sixth edition. Eight volumes. 12mo. Handsomely bound in contemporary full brown calf; the boards ruled in gilt; the spines with five raised bands compartments with gilt foliate decoration contrasting red and blue gilt morocco title and volume labels and additional green gilt morocco ownership label for Louisa Pereira to each volume. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated with a copper-engraved frontispiece to each volume and 14 engraved plates plans and maps some folding 22 illustrations in total. Further subsequent ownership inscription in ink manuscript to the front free endpaper of the first volume "Henrietta Skene / given to her by her Father / 8 Volumes Complete / November 16 1825" and with her name in ink to the front endpaper of each volume. A very good set the bindings square and firm with a touch of minor cracking to volumes one and eight a little occasional chipping to the spine ends light rubbing to the spines and joints some scuffs to the boards heavier to volume five and some old water marking to the top corner of the boards of several volumes. The contents with a touch of damp-marking to the upper corners of the preliminary pages of a few volumes and the occasional mark smudge or dot of foxing here and there are otherwise in very good order throughout. The plates and maps remain clean and sharp. An attractive set of the French historian Charles Rollin's monumental survey of the ancient civilisations of Europe and the Near East nicely illustrated with numerous engraved plates map and plans. An unusual and appealing set owned by an educated young woman - Louisa Pereira likely of Portuguese descent - during the age of Enlightenment with her elegant gilt morocco ownership label to the spine of each volume.</p> London: Printed for J. and F. Rivington, et al. hardcover
173980050Paris : Imprimerie de G. F. Quillau 1739. 260x200mm. frontipice portrait-gravure de lÕauteur 9 ff. LXXVI prÂŽface 684 679 pages 4 ff. table tome premier ˆ la fin du tome 16 ff. table tome second ˆ la fin bandeaux lettrines culs-de-lampes reliure plein veau-marbrÂŽ de lՎpoque. PiÂces de titre et de tomaison dorÂŽs au dos. Encadrements et fleurons dorÂŽs au dos ˆ nerfs. Tranches rouge. Page de garde en papier marbrÂŽ. Coiffes et coins usÂŽs. IntÂŽrieur en bon ÂŽtat sans rousseurs. Manque les pages de titre. Exemplaire rare: non citÂŽ dans le Brunet manuel du libraire et de lÕamateur de livres. Laffont - Bompiani Le nouveau dictionnaire des oeuvres 1994 tome VI pages 7224 / Tra premiÂre colonne: Ã’ . Ce traitÂŽ est le premier du genre en franÂais. La derniÂre partie est la plus intrÂŽressante; elle est faite de souvenirs et dÕexpÂŽriences personnelles; il y fait la psychologie de lÕenfant; il y montre comments avec science et douceur sՎtablissent des liens de sympathie entre le ma”tre et lՎlÂve ce qui est le moyen le pus sžr pour rendre lՎtude profitable. Ce livre est donc un manuel pratique qui ne propose pas de nouvelles mÂŽthodes mais perfectionne celles qui sont en usage.Ó 3513 Imprimerie de G. F. Quillau unknown
