Antiquity explained, and represented in sculptures

Title

Antiquity explained, and represented in sculptures

Alternative Title

Full title: Antiquity explained, and represented in sculptures / By the learned Father Montfaucon ; translated into English by David Humphreys, M. A. and Fellow of Trinity-College in Cambridge

Binder's spine title: Montfaucon Antiquity

Creator

Bernard de Montfaucon, 1655-1741

Publisher

London : Printed by J. Tonson and J. Watts

Date

MDCCXXI-MDCCXXV [1721-1722]

Format

5 volumes : plates ; 41 cm

Description

Title pages in red and black.
Volumes 3-5 are dated 1722.

Provenance

Library copy bound into four volumes; original title pages retained. Volume 1: Volume 1-Volume 2, part 1 -- Volume 2: Volume 2, Part 2-Volume 3 -- Volume 3: Volume 4.

Accompanied by the 1725 version of the Supplements.

Bookplates inserted inside front covers for: F. W. T. Brydges, Esg., Tiberton, Herefordshire; and Robert Henry Lee Warner.

Presented by Principal Daniel Woolf [Gift2015]

Contributor

Humphreys, David, 1689-1740, translator.
Woolf, D. R. (Daniel R.) donor
Schulich-Woolf Collection.

Language

English

Identifier

folio DE57 .M7713 1721
ESTC N30423

Files

folio DE57 M7713 1721.jpg
folio DE57 M7713 1721-plate.jpg

Collection

Citation

Bernard de Montfaucon, 1655-1741, “Antiquity explained, and represented in sculptures,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed March 29, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/175.