[ROME] Millot, Claude François Xavier : Abrégé de l'histoire romaine... In Paris : chez Nyon... 1789

VIII, 192 p., 48 table leaves. of which 3 fold., 1 front. : ill. calcogr. ; 4th
Contemporary full leather binding with gold titles and decorations on the spine. Some losses and light peeling on the boards and spine. Papers and plates in excellent condition with slight foxing.
Frontispiece in copperplate by the engraver Nicolas-Henri Tardieu (1674-1749), based on a drawing by Jean Baptiste Piauger (18th century). Edition printed in Paris by Jean Luc Nyon in 1789. With 48 copperplate plates outside the text, mainly depicting events and places. most memorable of ancient Rome. French text. Woodcut initials and endpieces.