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166 - [GOGUET (Antoine-Yves) and Alexandre FUGÈRE].
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Estimate €400 - €500
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[GOGUET (Antoine-Yves) and Alexandre FUGÈRE]. On the Origin of Laws, the Arts and the Sciences, and Their Progress amongst Ancient Peoples. Paris, Desaint & Saillant, 1758. 3 volumes in-4, marbled calfskin, decorated spine, red edges (contemporary binding). First edition of this comprehensive work on ancient history. It contains 9 plates (including 3 fold-out plates) of Egyptian monuments drawn and engraved by Pierre Patte, and 3 folded plates separate from the text. This important work deals with government, the arts and crafts, languages, writing, the sciences, trade and navigation, military art and customs from the Flood to the reign of Cyrus. ‘The eighteenth century produced few books in France of such extensive scholarship, such sound and enlightened criticism,’ according to Hoefer. A fine copy in a contemporary binding. From the library of Jeanjean, a solicitor in Lodève, with a handwritten bookplate. Two trimmed caps, two split joints, scattered foxing. Brunet, II, 747 – Graesse, III, 106 – Kress, no. 5695 – Hoefer, XXI, 76.
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About the sale Fine antique books – A library in the Languedoc
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Auction time 10/20/2026 at 2:00 PM
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