The history of the arts and sciences of the antients : under the following heads, in three volumes : Vol. I., Agriculture, commerce, architecture, sculpture, painting, music, the art military : Vol. II., Art military, grammar, philology, rhetoric, poetry : Vol. III., Poetry, history, eloquence, philosophy, civil law, metaphysics and physics, physic, botany, chymisty, anatomy, mathematics, geometry, astronomy, arithmetic, geography, and navigation /
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translation of books 22-27 of the author's Histoire ancienne des Egyptiens, des Carthaginois, des Assyriens, des Babyloniens, des Medes et des Perses, des Macedoniens, des Grecs; with additional plates from other sources (cf. The translator to the reader, v. 1.). |
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London :
Printed for J. and F. Rivington ; R. Baldwin ; Hawes, Clarke and Collins ; R. Horsfield ; W. Johnston ; W. Owen ; T. Caslon ; S. Crowder ; B. Law ; Z. Stuart ; Robinson and Roberts ; and Newbery and Carnan,
MDCCLXVIII [1768]
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| Edition: | The second edition, illustrated with fifty-two copper plates, representing the civil and military architecture of the antients, their temples, machines, engines of war, painting, &c. |
| Series: | Rollin, Charles, 1661-1741. Works.
v.18-20. |
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| Item Description: | Volume 1 has a collective title page; each volume has its own title page. Pagination: Volume 1: 24 unnumbered pages, 374 pages, 12 folded leaves of plates; Volume 2: 8 unnumbered pages, 360 pages, 40 folded leaves of plates; Volume 3: 8 unnumbered pages, 516 pages. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. |
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| Physical Description: | 3 volumes : illustrations, plans (engravings) ; 23 cm (8vo) |
| Bibliography: | Includes index and bibliographical references. |