MONTFAUCON, B. de. L'Antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures. Paris, Fl. Delaulne, (a.o.), 1719. 10 parts in 5 vols. W. tog. 978 engr. plates, partly double-p. and incl. 1 lge-fold. plate (w. small tear) in vol. 2. Lge-fol. Fine cont. mottled cf., spines raised in compartments and richly gilt, w. fine marbled endpapers. (Upper spine ends of 4 vols. a bit chipped, but apart from some libr. stamps in places and some age-toning here and there in fine condition). -- Added: Id. Supplement au livre de l'Antiquité expliquée (…). Tom. I-II, IV-V. Paris, Fl. Delaulne, (a.o.), 1724. 4 (of 5) vols. W. 321 (of 323) engr. plates, partly double-p. Fol. Cont. marbled cf. (dissimilar to binds. of main work), spines raised in compartments and gilt. (Binds. a bit dam./worn, incidental paper flaws, lacking plates 76 in vol. I and 14 in vol. II, but in good interior condition). -- Tog. 14 in 9 vols. W. tog. 1299 (!) engr. plates, of which some 200 double-p./fold.
Exhaustive work on classical antiquity, including i.a. Egypt. Covers all aspects of daily life from architecture to the deities. Dom Bernard de Montfaucon O.S.B. (1655–1741) was a French Benedictine monk of the Congregation of Saint Maur. He was an astute scholar who founded the discipline of palaeography, as well as being an editor of works of the Fathers of the Church. He is regarded as one of the founders of modern archaeology. First 5 volumes complete and with 2 extra plates in volume III, not called for by Lipperheide. - Lipperheide 104; PMM 175.€ 5000
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