Antiquity explained, . and represented in sculptures, by the learned Father Montfaucon, translated into English by David Humphreys, ...
Bernard de Montfaucon (1655-1741)
Category
Books
Date
1721 - 1722
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3078551
Summary
Bibliographic description
5v., plates . fol.. Not indigenous. Shelved and uniform with the Supplement (1725). Loosely inserted: clipping from dealer's catalogue, unrelated to provenance. Provenance: Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991).. Binding: Eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf over boards; gilt fillets; rebacked in eighteenth- or nineteenth- century calf; red and black spine labels; sewn on six raised bands.
Makers and roles
Bernard de Montfaucon (1655-1741)