Monde primitif, analysé et comparé avec le monde moderne 4: Considéré dans l'histoire civile, religieuse et allégorique du calendrier ou almanach

by Court de Gébelin, Antoine

First edition

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Bookseller: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
Seller Inventory #: 4892
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chez l'Auteur
Place: Paris
Date published: 1776

Book Description

Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 1776. First edition. Quarto (26 cm); xxxi, 632 pages, frontispiece and VIII plates, some folding. Bound in later 19th-century full sheep, leather title labels on spine. Spine end chipped at heel, but the binding is otherwise sound, entire, and relatively unblemished. Contents evenly toned, title page a shade darker, with light foxing present. Several old bookseller tickets on front pastedown, the most recent from Il Polifilo, Milan. Pencil notes (in English) on rear pastedown. Volume 4 only ( of 9) of the monumental Monde primitif series, begun in 1771 and completed in 1782. This volume is a study of chronology and time measurement in ancient cultures.

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