Bianchini (Francesco), La Istoria Universale Provata con Monumenti e Figurata con Simboli degli Antichi, second edition, engraved additional pictorial title, title in red and black and with engraved printer's device, engraved portrait, folding map and 7 plates (1 folding), 5 folding tables, wood-engraved illustration in text, binder's f. at end, some spotting and finger-marking, a few stains to sig.Y, contemporary vellum, spine gilt, foot of spine chipped, corners little worn, spotted and rubbed, 4to, Rome, Antonio de Rossi, 1747. ⁂ Bianchini's ambitious work charting the history of humanity through archaeological evidence. It includes much on the oriental and American nations and Greek history. Bianchini was a friend of Leibniz and later became librarian of the Biblioteca Ottoboniana, which had rich holdings that he employed in his research for the present work.
Bianchini (Francesco), La Istoria Universale Provata con Monumenti e Figurata con Simboli degli Antichi, second edition, engraved additional pictorial title, title in red and black and with engraved printer's device, engraved portrait, folding map and 7 plates (1 folding), 5 folding tables, wood-engraved illustration in text, binder's f. at end, some spotting and finger-marking, a few stains to sig.Y, contemporary vellum, spine gilt, foot of spine chipped, corners little worn, spotted and rubbed, 4to, Rome, Antonio de Rossi, 1747. ⁂ Bianchini's ambitious work charting the history of humanity through archaeological evidence. It includes much on the oriental and American nations and Greek history. Bianchini was a friend of Leibniz and later became librarian of the Biblioteca Ottoboniana, which had rich holdings that he employed in his research for the present work.
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