HISTORY/ANTIQUITES] - Lot 65

HISTORY/ANTIQUITES] GOGUET (Antoine-Yves) & FUGERE (Alexandre-Conrad)] De l'origine des loix, des arts et des sciences et de leur progrès chez les anciens peuples, Paris, Desaint et Saillant, 1758. Three volumes in-4 in half calf, spine ribbed, blue boards of I: XXVIIJ, 401 pages, 3 plates out of text and a chronological table; II: VIIJ, 438 pages, 1 folding table; III: VIIJ, 368 pages, (3), 6 plates out of text, and a table. First edition of this study of antiquity, from the Deluge to the reign of Cyrus. First volume: from the Flood to the death of Jacob. Second volume: from the death of Jacob to the establishment of kingship among the Hebrews. Third volume: from the establishment of kingship among the Hebrews to their return from captivity. Illustrated with 9 folding plates, showing Egyptian techniques, ancient constructions and various types of farming implements from Greece, Egypt and France, drawn and engraved by Pierre Patte. Label of the Édouard Duchemin bookshop, Paris. Foxing, corners dulled. Covers rubbed. Headbands worn and missing. Joints split.