Beschreibung:

Montfaucon, Bernard de. L'ANTIQUITÉ EXPLIQUÉE ET REPRÉSENTÉE EN FIGURES. PARIS: FLORENTIN DELAULNE, HILAIRE FOUCAULT, MICHEL CLOUSIER AND OTHERS, 1719 5 volumes in 10, folio (437 x 290mm.), [6], civ, 194; [4], 195-412, *413-*414, [6 (numbered 429-432 & *301-*302)], 413-452; [2], 267, [1 (blank)]; [5], 270-472; [2], 198; [5], 202-390; [2], 174; [4], 177-296, *297-302, 297-316; [2], 170; [5], 174-437, [1 (blank)]pp., title-pages printed in red and black, illustration: engraved vignette on title-pages, engraved portrait, 977 engraved plates (some double-page), one engraved initial and 6 head-pieces, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, binding: contemporary panelled calf, spines gilt in compartments, Iii2-3 of volume 4 and Pp3 of volume 8 inlaid (Pp3 torn at edge with slight loss), and duplicates of these same 3 leaves bound at the end of volume 2, occasional short tears and very slight worming in margins, a few plates very lightly browned, some joints partly split, sides lightly rubbed