[italy Rome] Crevier - History Of The Roman Emperors. Complete.

CREVIER (Jean-Baptiste-Louis). History of the Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine. In Paris, Desaint & Saillant, 1749 (for the first volume). 12 vols. in 12mo format (168 x 102 mm) of 1 bl. f., 1 fnfol., x pp., 4 ff. n.fol., 531 pp., 10 ff. n.fol. and 1 bl. f.; 1 bl. f., 4 ff. n.fol., 680 pp., 10 ff. n.fol. and 1 bl. f.; 1 bl. f., 2 ff. n.fol., 480 pp. and 7 ff. n.fol.; 1 bl. f. n.fol., 518 pp., 9 ff. n.fol. and 1 f. bl. ; 2 ff. n.fol. and 560 pp. ; 1 f. bl., 2 ff. n.fol., 556 pp., 2 ff. n.fol. and 1 f. bl. ; 1 f. bl., 2 ff. n.fol., 526 pp. and 1 fnfol. ; 1 f. bl., 2 ff. n.fol., 509 pp. and 1 fnfol. ; 1 f. bl., 2 ff. n.fol., 482 pp. and 1 f. bl. ; 1 f. bl., 3 ff. n.fol., 459 pp. and 1 f. bl. ; 1 f. bl., 2 ff. n.fol., 445 pp. and 1 bl. f.; 1 bl. f., 2 ff. n.fol. and 600 pp. Uniform contemporary bindings of full glazed and blond flamed calf, blind-stamped fillet framing the covers, ribbed spines decorated with bold black fillets, set of small oblique gilt fillets on the ribs, double gilt framing boxes, gilt fleurons, scattered gilt dots, title pieces of old-red and emerald morocco, gilt title, gilt volume number, gilt palette at the head and tail, interlacing of gilt fleuron fillets on the edges, salmon-coloured edges. Complete set of the 12 volumes constituting it; containing 4 large engraved folding maps. Son of a printer, Crevier was one of the most distinguished students of Charles Rollin, whose work he continued, which remained unfinished: Roman History. This work - teeming with many details - constitutes his magnum opus. Table: Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian, Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Titus Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius, Commodus, Pertinax, Didius Julianus, Severus, Caracalla, Acrin, Heliogabalus, Alexander Severus, Maximinus, The two Gordians, Maximus and Balbinus, Gordian III, Philip, Decius, Gallus, Aemilian, Valerian, Gallienus, Claudius II, Aurelian, Tacitus, Probus, Carus, Carinus, Diocletian, Contantius Chlorus, Constantine. Quérard II, Literary France, p. 339 - Brunet II, Manual of the bookseller and book lover, 424 - Rahir, The Library of the amateur, p. 386. Worn corners and edges. Small superficial angular loss affecting one of the covers. Rare and discreet foxing in the text; except for the first and last two leaves of one of the volumes. A frayed map, which also has folds. Some very slightly oxidized leaves.