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. Volume the first[-fifth].
Bernard de Montfaucon (1655-1741)
Category
Books
Date
1721 - 1722
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3078556
Summary
Bibliographic description
5 v. : ill., plans ; fol. Running number: 6147. Vol. 1 bound in 2 v. Provenance: manuscript inscription on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "M. 6. vol." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript price in pencil on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "2:5:0". Manuscript inscription on front pastedown in each vol.: "Orde". Binding: eighteenth-century full Cambridge-style blind-panelled sprinkled and plain calf, with plain lozenge shape in the central panel; sewn onto six sewing supports; gilt roll pattern along board edges; remnants of gilt title and vol. number label on spines. Red sprinkled bookblock edges.
Makers and roles
Bernard de Montfaucon (1655-1741), author David Humphreys (1689-1740), editor