Louis Moréri - Le Grand Dictionnaire historique

MORÉRI (Louis). Le Grand dictionnaire historique, ou le Mêlange curieux de l'histoire sacrée et profane. Paris, chez les libraires associés, 1759. 10 volumes in-folio (403 × 274 mm), veau marbré, dos orné, tranches rouges (Reliure de l'époque). The best and most complete edition of Moréri's dictionary, refondue with the supplements of the abbé Goujet, and revised and augmented by Étienne-François Drouet. It is adorned with a frontispiece by Desmarets, and a portrait of the author by Jean-François de Troy, both engraved by Thomassin. The Grand Dictionnaire Historique of Moréri (1643-1680) enjoyed more than twenty editions between 1674 and 1759. Its literary fortune continued into the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Armorial ex-libris of the Bibliothèque de La Hamonais (Hippolyte Joseph Rubin de La Grimaudière, 1835-1920), with manuscript inventory number. Present on all 10 volumes. Some worn headpieces and minor defects to the bindings. Interior fresh.

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