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Histoire des Empereurs Romains, Depuis Auguste jusqu'a Constantin.
by Crevier, Jean-Baptise-Louis
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About This Item
Amsterdam: Chez J. Weetstein, 1750. 12 vols. bound as 11, 12mo, pp. [ii], viii, [iv], 443, [19] + frontispiece; [iv], 556, [16]; [iv], 395, [19]; [iv], 430, [14]; [iv], 463, [13]; [iv], 416, [12]; [iv], 439, [13]; 418, [14]; [iv], 382, [22]; 365, [15]; [viii], 350, [ii], 248, [4] + 7 folding maps. Contemporary sprinkled calf, spines divided by raised bands, red and blue morocco labels, other compartments bordered with triple gilt rules enclosing central flower tools. Some browning and spotting. Joints rubbed, a few spine ends worn, several labels lost or partially defective. First published in Paris in quarto in 1730, this is an Amsterdam reprint, produced around the same time as the second Paris edition, also in this smaller format.
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- Bookseller
- McNaughtan's Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2816
- Title
- Histoire des Empereurs Romains, Depuis Auguste jusqu'a Constantin.
- Author
- Crevier, Jean-Baptise-Louis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chez J. Weetstein
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1750
- Keywords
- History European Rome Sets
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