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MORERI (Louis). THE GREAT HISTORICAL DICTIONARY......

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MORERI (Louis). THE GREAT HISTORICAL DICTIONARY... Basle, Jean Brandmuller, 1731-1732. - SUPPLEMENT. Paris, Veuve Le Mercier, 1735. 2 vols. Together 8 volumes in-folio, calfskin, spine decorated, red edges (binding of the time). Famous dictionary, decorated in this first edition of Basles, with an allegorical frontispiece by Seiller, woodcut headbands, lettering and endpapers. Traces of spotting on the boards, edge of one board slightly scoured, the bindings of the supplements slightly different. The copy remains attractive.