MORERI (Louis). - Lot 43

MORERI (Louis). Le Grand dictionnaire historique ou le mélange curieux de l'Histoire sacrée et profane : qui contient en abrégé l'histoire fabuleuse Des Dieux & des Heros de l'Antiquité Payenne... - Supplément au grand dictionnaire historique généalogique, géographique, &c. Pour servir à la dernière Edition de l'an 1732. & aux précédentes. Paris : Jean-Thomas Herissant, 1732 ; Paris : Jacques Vincent, Jean-Baptiste Coignard, Pierre-Gilles Lemercier, Jean-Thomas Herissant, 1735. -8 volumes in-folio, marbled calf, ornate ribbed spine, red edges (period binding). New, corrected and enlarged edition of this indispensable dictionary, illustrated with a portrait of Moreri engraved by Duflos after De Troye, a frontispiece engraved by Duflos after Desmarets, two handsome bands, the first with the royal coat of arms, and two initials. Complete with the two supplement volumes published in 1735. The bindings of all 8 volumes are uniform. Most headpieces are missing, some boards are dampstained and stained. Worm damage in the margin of pages 777 to 824 in the first volume, without affecting the text. Some rare wetness.