Bernard De Montfaucon - L'antiquité expliquée ; Les Chemins Publics, les Aqueducs & la Navigation - 1722

Rare 18th-century edition, this volume illustrates Montfaucon's immense erudition, who is considered one of the founders of modern archaeology.

Published in 1722, it explores the essential infrastructures of the Greco-Roman world: roads, aqueducts, and navigation techniques.

Richly documented and accompanied by engravings, the work testifies to the Enlightenment's fascination with ancient engineering and the transmission of knowledge.

Beautiful work with remarkable engravings - a favorite -

Bernard De Montfaucon - Antiquity Explained and Depicted in Figures - 1722 - Volume IV - Collective
(4), 177-316 pp.

Good condition of the binding, book in its full brown contemporary calfskin, with signs of wear and rubbing (missing leather on two compartments), damaged spine, split edges, missing headcaps, rounded corners, red edges, spine with raised bands, gilded titling.

Good interior condition, rare browning, drop caps, work adorned with numerous and remarkable full-page plates, title in red and black, marbled endpapers.

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