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Costume des anciens peuples, a l'usage des artistes, par M. Dandré Bardon; contenant les usages religieux, civils, domestiques & militaires des Grecs, des Romains, des Israélites & des Hébreux, des Egyptiens, des Perses, des Scythes, des Amazones, des Parthes, des Daces, des Sarmates & autres peuples tant orientaux qu'occidentaux, &c. Nouvelle édition rédigée par M. Cochin, ...
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DANDRÉ-BARDON, Michel François (1700--1783)
Costume des anciens peuples, a l'usage des artistes, par M. Dandré Bardon; contenant les usages religieux, civils, domestiques & militaires des Grecs, des Romains, des Israélites & des Hébreux, des Egyptiens, des Perses, des Scythes, des Amazones, des Parthes, des Daces, des Sarmates & autres peuples tant orientaux qu'occidentaux, &c. Nouvelle édition rédigée par M. Cochin, ...
A Paris chez Alexandre Jombert jeune, libraire, 1784--86.
4 pts ; 28.7 cm. (4º).
i: [4], 32 p., etch. frontis., [99] pl.
ii: [2], 40 p., 95 pl.
iii: [4], 40 p., [99] pl.
iv: [2], 40 p., [60] pl.
First edition 1772--74. Each part with separate title-leaf, pt. 4 imprint names as agent 'Didot fils = Jombert jeune'. According to the unsigned 'Avis De L'Éditeur.' some of the first edition's 360 plates were dropped for 'cette seconde édition plus économique & sans luxe typographique', but others were added to bring the total back to 'encore environ 356 planches.' (pt. 1, p. [iii]). Including the frontispiece, this copy contains 354 plates. (The text calls for pl. 1--98 in pt. 1; pl. 1--95 in pt. 2; pl. 1--98 in pt. 3; and pl. 1--54 in pt. 4. However, only the plates in pt. 2 are numbered to match the text, nearly all of the other plates being numbered irregularly in 'cahiers' of twelve plates or less. One plate in pt. 1 ('4e. Cer. Pl. V.'), one in pt. 3 ('16e. Cer. pl. XII.'), and six plates numbered 55--60 in pt. 4, are not called for by the text.)
Copy Notes Volume I second front free-endpaper inscribed in ink 1:16:0/ John Soane/ 1807. Bookseller's price in pencil on first front free-endpaper 4 vol in 2. 2.10.0.
Binding C18th stained 'catspaw' calf, blind-ruled borders, gilt-ruled spines, red above green morocco spine-labels, green silk bookmarks. Bound as two volumes.
Reference Number 2030
Costume des anciens peuples, a l'usage des artistes, par M. Dandré Bardon; contenant les usages religieux, civils, domestiques & militaires des Grecs, des Romains, des Israélites & des Hébreux, des Egyptiens, des Perses, des Scythes, des Amazones, des Parthes, des Daces, des Sarmates & autres peuples tant orientaux qu'occidentaux, &c. Nouvelle édition rédigée par M. Cochin, ...
A Paris chez Alexandre Jombert jeune, libraire, 1784--86.
4 pts ; 28.7 cm. (4º).
i: [4], 32 p., etch. frontis., [99] pl.
ii: [2], 40 p., 95 pl.
iii: [4], 40 p., [99] pl.
iv: [2], 40 p., [60] pl.
First edition 1772--74. Each part with separate title-leaf, pt. 4 imprint names as agent 'Didot fils = Jombert jeune'. According to the unsigned 'Avis De L'Éditeur.' some of the first edition's 360 plates were dropped for 'cette seconde édition plus économique & sans luxe typographique', but others were added to bring the total back to 'encore environ 356 planches.' (pt. 1, p. [iii]). Including the frontispiece, this copy contains 354 plates. (The text calls for pl. 1--98 in pt. 1; pl. 1--95 in pt. 2; pl. 1--98 in pt. 3; and pl. 1--54 in pt. 4. However, only the plates in pt. 2 are numbered to match the text, nearly all of the other plates being numbered irregularly in 'cahiers' of twelve plates or less. One plate in pt. 1 ('4e. Cer. Pl. V.'), one in pt. 3 ('16e. Cer. pl. XII.'), and six plates numbered 55--60 in pt. 4, are not called for by the text.)
Copy Notes Volume I second front free-endpaper inscribed in ink 1:16:0/ John Soane/ 1807. Bookseller's price in pencil on first front free-endpaper 4 vol in 2. 2.10.0.
Binding C18th stained 'catspaw' calf, blind-ruled borders, gilt-ruled spines, red above green morocco spine-labels, green silk bookmarks. Bound as two volumes.
Reference Number 2030