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Lot 740: HISTOIRE ROMAINE, REPRÉSENTÉE PAR FIGURES, ACCOMPAGNÉE D'UN PRÉCIS HISTORIQUE [...]. OUVRAGE DESTINÉ À L'INSTRUCTION DE LA JEUNESSE. PREMIÈRE PARTIE, IMPRIMÉE SUR PAPIER VÉLIN.

Est: €200 EUR - €300 EURPassed
Arenberg AuctionsBrussels, BelgiumMarch 26, 2021

Item Overview

Description

In-4° : 8 pp.; 181 h.-t. (piqûres et rouss. surtout marginales). - Réimpression (éd. orig. : an VIII - 1799-1800, sous le titre "Figures de l'histoire de la république romaine") de ce manuel d'histoire par l'image. Première partie seule, publiée en 15 livraisons de 12 planches (cfr Introduction), allant de la fondation de Rome à la mort de Cléopâtre. Seules les trois premières livraisons de la seconde partie ont paru. Ex. complet du frontispice par Baquoy et des 180 pl. gravées par Baquoy, Patas, Longueil, Dambrun, De Ghendt, R. de Launay et d'autres, d'après les dessins de l'auteur-éditeur (1742-1810), artiste polonais installé à Paris, qui signe "S. de Myris". Sous chaque gravure figure une légende et un "précis historique", également gravés. Le texte en est attribué à Fourcade et Jean-Baptiste Dumouchel selon le cat. BnF. - Réf. Brunet III:1755. - Cohen 710 (éd. orig. : coll. identique). - Prov. Jacques Benoît Powis de Tenbossche (ex-libris armorié).

Date

an XII - 1804

Condition Report

Maroq. vert de l'ép., dentelle droite dorée sur les plats, dos lisse fleuronné doré, pièce de titre de cuir rouge, roul. dorée sur les chasses, tr. dorées (rel. frottée, lacunes à la pièce de titre, coins us.).

Payment & Shipping

Accepted forms of payment: Wire Transfer

Shipping

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Auction Details

D2 - Books and Prints

by
Arenberg Auctions
March 26, 2021, 01:00 PM CET

Wolstraat 19/2, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, 1000, BE

Terms

Buyer's Premium

25.0%

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€20,000€69,999€2,000
€70,000+€5,000

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