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ROLLIN - Histoire ancienne des Égyptiens, des Carthaginois, des Assyriens, des Babyloniens, des Mèdes et des Perses, des Macédoniens, des Grecs. Paris, veuve Estienne, 1740. 6 volumes in-4, 260 x 190 mm, blond speckled calf of the time, spine decorated with five nerves, red morocco title page, green morocco cover page (the cover page of volume I is missing, jaw of the upper cover of volume I split over 8 cm, part of the cover page of volume V is missing, upper cover of volumes V & VI torn off, 1 bookplate of volumes V & VI missing, 1 bookplate of volumes V & VI missing. V & VI torn off, 1 hinge cracked). [4], lxiv, 574, [10]; [4], 715, [11]; [4], 831, [11]; [4], 712, [8]; [4], 852, [12]; [4], 816 pp. Beautiful edition of this oft-repeated classic, illustrated with a portrait of the author by Coypel, 12 maps and 1 plan drawn by d'Anville as well as numerous bands drawn and engraved by J.-P. Le Bas.