Le Grand Dictionnaire Historique, Ou Le Melange Curieux De L'Histoire Sacree Et Profane; Qui Contient En Abrege, Les Vies Et Les Actions Remarquables... Des Empereurs, Des Rois, Des Princes Illustres, & Des Grands Capitaines... L' Etablissement Et Le Progrès Des Ordres Religieux & Militaires, & La Vie De Leurs Fondateurs. Les Genealogies De Plusieurs Familles Illustres De France & D'Autres Pais. L'Histoire Fabuleuse Des Dieux, & Des Heros De L'Antiquité Payenne. La Description... Avec L'Histoire Des Conciles Généraux & Particuliers, Sous Le Nom Des Lieux Ou Ils Ont Été Tenus. Par M.re Louis Moreri. A Paris, MDCCXLIII - MDCCXLIX. Et Se Vend A Venise Chez Francois Pitteri.
The Great Historical Dictionary, or the Curious Mixture of Sacred and Profane History; Which Contains in Brief, the Remarkable Lives and Actions... of Emperors, Kings, Illustrious Princes, & Great Captains... The Establishment and Progress of Religious and Military Orders, & the Lives of Their Founders. The Genealogies of Several Illustrious Families of France & Other Countries. The Fabulous History of the Gods, & Heroes of Pagan Antiquity. With the History of General & Special Councils, Under the Name of the Places Where They Have Been Held. By Mr. Louis Moreri. In Paris, 1743-1749. And Sold in Venice by Francois Pitteri.
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A beautiful set in huge folio vellum volumes, presenting very attractively on the shelf.
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Size: 305 x 420 mm (approx., each)
Total shelf space of approx. 365 mm.
Condition:
[xvi, 588pp.]; [422pp., 1ff.]; [586pp.]; [683pp.]; [624pp.]; [542pp.]; [814pp.]; [442pp.]
Uniform contemporary full vellum, each volume in very large format, each retaining its tooled label to the spine. The set collates as complete in eight volumes. Occasionally a volume lacks a blank but the set is textually complete inclusion the frontispiece in the first volume. Spines rubbed with the usual discolouration, but generally very attractive indeed on the shelf. All boars are securely attached with joints all secure. Boards generally very good, some with minor discolouration as typical. Page edges cut a little non-uniformly as published. Endpapers heavily toned throughout most volumes. Title page in the first volume is printed in red and black, all the others in black. Without any bookplates or ownership inscriptions, thought with a very faint purple stamp to the head of the preliminary blank in the first volume, illegible. This is often either on the front pastedown on preliminary blank, but in all cases is too faint to be legible. Very clean throughout text blocks. The text without loss of sense throughout all volumes. A fantastic very large set.
[OCLC 562162262].
