Louis-Sébastien LE NAIN DE TILLEMONT
Histoire des empereurs, et des autres princes qui ont régné durant les six premiers siècles de l'eglise, de leurs guerres contre les Juifs, des écivains profanes, & des personnes les plus illustres de leur temps
Chez François Pitteri|Venise [Venice] 1732 - 1739|20.50 x 28 cm|6 volumes reliés
First Venetian edition, after the original published in Paris from 1690 to 1701 for the first five volumes, 1738 for the sixth posthumous volume published from the author's manuscript. 6 title vignettes signed Cattini.
Contemporary Italian full vellum binding. Smooth Jansenist spine. Beige morocco title labels. Some soiling to the spines and various stains to the boards. Very handsome set in vellum on beautiful rag paper in perfectly fresh condition.
This history of the emperors, a biographical compendium of all emperors and great princes of the first six centuries without distinction between East and West, earned the Jansenist author his reputation and lasting influence as a histo
Contemporary Italian full vellum binding. Smooth Jansenist spine. Beige morocco title labels. Some soiling to the spines and various stains to the boards. Very handsome set in vellum on beautiful rag paper in perfectly fresh condition.
This history of the emperors, a biographical compendium of all emperors and great princes of the first six centuries without distinction between East and West, earned the Jansenist author his reputation and lasting influence as a histo
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