Claude François Xavier MILLOT
Abrégé de l'histoire Romaine, orné de 49 gravures, qui en représentent les principaux sujets
Lécrivain|Paris 1816|22.50 x 29.80 cm|relié
New edition, after the first published in 1805, and illustrated with 49 beautiful figures by Gravelot, Piauget, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, Eisen, and engraved by Tardieu, Chenu, Saint-Aubin... including 3 folding plates: a large view of Nero's golden palace, a superb one of the naval battle of Ecnomus, and one of Pompey's triumph in Rome. All plates have tissue guards.
Bound in contemporary half brown calf. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 blind tools and gilt and blind fillets. Brown shagreen title-label. Boards of beautiful marbled paper in yellow, red and brown. Traces of rubbing to headcaps and joints. Fine copy, very fresh.
This Roman history manual was printed and published by order of the king "For use by pupils of the military school". It takes up the entirety of Roman history in short chapters. It was in 1789 that an unfinished project was realized, "The spectacle of Roman history", which contained 40 engravings. Other engravings were commissioned to complete the ensemble in 1805 and create this Abridgment of Roman history. The illustration is particularly beautiful and varied.
Bound in contemporary half brown calf. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 blind tools and gilt and blind fillets. Brown shagreen title-label. Boards of beautiful marbled paper in yellow, red and brown. Traces of rubbing to headcaps and joints. Fine copy, very fresh.
This Roman history manual was printed and published by order of the king "For use by pupils of the military school". It takes up the entirety of Roman history in short chapters. It was in 1789 that an unfinished project was realized, "The spectacle of Roman history", which contained 40 engravings. Other engravings were commissioned to complete the ensemble in 1805 and create this Abridgment of Roman history. The illustration is particularly beautiful and varied.
€750