ROLLIN, Charles. Histoire ancienne des égyptiens, des cartha - Lot 142

ROLLIN, Charles. Histoire ancienne des égyptiens, des carthaginois, des assyriens, des babyloniens, des medes et des perses, des macédoniens, des grecs. Paris, Veuve Estienne, 1740. 6 vol. in-4. Contemporary full brown calf, ornate ribbed spine, red morocco title-piece and brown morocco chapter-piece. Portrait-frontispiece and numerous fold-out plates. L'Histoire ancienne is illustrated with 12 / 13 fold-out maps by the king's geographer J.-B. Bourguignon d'Anville, 3 out-of-text engravings and 29 vignettes drawn and engraved by J.-P. Le Bas. First in-4 edition of this reference work on ancient history. Fine copies with the dauphin's coat of arms and crowned fleur-de-lys at the tail of the spine. Three headpieces missing. Scattered brown spots, tear at corner of page 443 of volume IV.