[Rarebooks] FS: 1st Eng. trans. of Father Montfaucon's travels in Paris & Italy. London: 1712

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Montfaucon, Bernard de. THE TRAVELS OF THE LEARNED FATHER MONTFAUCON FROM PARIS THRO' ITALY. Containing I. An Account of Many Antiquities at Vienne, Arles, Nimes, and Marseilles... II. The Delights of Italy, viz. Libraries, Statues, Paintings... Churches, Palaces, and Other Curious Structures. III. Collections of Rarities... &c. with the description of a Noble Monument Found Under Ground at Rome Anno M.DCC.II. Made English'd with Cuts. London: Printed by D. L. for E. Curll et al. 1712. First English translation. 8vo. vii,(1),xv,(1),463,(15)pp. (including a final page of ads). Index. Illustrated with 15 text engravings (some full page) and several woodcut facsimiles of inscriptions. Further illustrated with 5 added engraved plates (4 folding), complete.   Cont. tooled paneled calf, some old rubbing & soiling, black morocco spine label. Occasional light text soiling & browning. Engraved armorial bookplate of Ferdinand M. McVeigh on front pastedown.    $750.00 (trade discount allowed)

Montfaucon (1655-1741) was a student and scholar of Medieval antiquities. This work is a translation of his "Diarium Italicum" published in Paris in 1702..

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