The supplement to Antiquity explained, and represented in sculptures

Title

The supplement to Antiquity explained, and represented in sculptures

Alternative Title

Full title: The supplement to 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.

Creator

Bernard de Montfaucon, 1655-1741

Publisher

London : Printed by J. Tonson and J. Watts

Date

MDCCXXV [1725]

Format

5 volumes in 1 : illustrations, plates ; 41 cm (2°)

Description

Translation of: Supplement au livre de l'antiquité expliquée et representée en figures.

The work is divided into five volumes, but paginated and signed continuously (most copies are bound as a single volume).

The title is taken from the titlepage to volume I, which is printed in red and black. Volumes II-V have only divisional titles.

The contents of the supplement correspond to those of the main work.

Provenance

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 1725 Suppl.
ESTC N25915

Files

folio DE57 M7713 1725 Suppl.jpg

Collection

Citation

Bernard de Montfaucon, 1655-1741, “The supplement to Antiquity explained, and represented in sculptures,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed April 16, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/232.