J.J. ROCHE
Notices historiques sur les anciens Centrons, sur leurs villes et leurs salines, et sur les gouvernemens qui se sont succédés dans leur pays, dès qu'ils ont été soumis aux Romains, jusqu'au règne de l'Auguste Maison de Savoie ; avec Quelques observations sur le passage d'Annibal, lorsqu'il pénétra en Italie ; et Sur la nécessité de fixer les époques, quand on écrit l'Histoire ; avec l'Essai d'une table chronologique qui comprend quarante peuples, tant anciens, que modernes[Historical Notices on the Ancient Centrones, on Their Towns and Their Saltworks, and on the Governments that Succeeded One Another in Their Country, from the Time They Were Subjugated by the Romans to the Reign of the August House of Savoy; with Some Observations on the Passage of Hannibal When He Entered Italy; and on the Necessity of Fixing Dates When Writing History; Together with an Essay Towards a Chronological Table Comprising Forty Peoples, Both Ancient and Modern]
J.B. Blanc|Moutiers 1819|11.2 x 18.2 cm|Relié
First edition.
Half pearl-grey calf binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets and gilt floral ornaments, black morocco title label, author’s name in navy blue morocco, boards covered with decorative patterned paper, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, modern binding.
The Centrones (or Ceutrones) were one of the Gallic peoples who controlled the Alpine passes of the Little and Great St Bernard, with Axima (Aime) as their capital.
A few pencil annotations in the margins of certain leaves, minor rubbing to the boards of the binding.
€600