[ROLLIN, CHARLES]. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. London: Printed for Allen and West, No. 15 Pater Noster Row; J. Mundell and Company, Edinburgh; and J. & A. Duncan, Glasgow, 1795.
THE NINTH EDITION. Complete in ten volumes; leather-bound; hardcover; duodecimo (18 x 10.5 cm); pp. viii, [6], 342; [8], 448; [8], 415; [10], 407; [6], 343; [8], 318; [8], 364; [8], 430; [8], 336; [8], 310, [140, index]. English text. Handsomely bound in contemporary tree calf; smooth spines with gilt bands and morocco lettering-pieces; yellow dyed page edges; initial and terminal blanks; 23 plates (including maps and plans, some folding); printed footnotes; chronological table; general index. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Bindings tight and secure with the hinges and joints intact. Slight rubbing to the spine ends. A few small abrasions to the boards. Interiors well-preserved with some light intermittent toning and foxing, the plates excellent. Small bookplate to each front pastedown.
Notes: An attractive set of the French historian Charles Rollin's monumental survey of the ancient civilisations of Europe and the Near East, nicely illustrated with numerous engraved plates, map and plans.
