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ANTIQUITIES – Group of 18 folio volumes. Venice: 1732-1737.

Substantial run of this large and important survey of Greek and Roman antiquities. Comprising:
1. GRONOVIUS, Jacobus (1645-1716). Thesaurus Graecarum antiquitatum. Venice: Bartholomeus Javarina, 1732-1735. Volumes 1-7, and 10 only.
2. SALLENGRE, Albert Henri de. Novus Thesaurus antiquitatum romanarum. Venice: J.B. Pasquali, 1735. Volumes 1-3.
3. GRAEVIUS, Johann Georg (1632-1703). Thesaurus antiquitatum romanarum. Venice: J.B. Pasquali, 1732-1735. Volumes 2 and 10 only.
4. POLENI, Giovanni. Utriusque Thesauri antiquitatum romanarum, graecarumque nova supplementa congesta. Venice: J.B. Pasquali, 1737. Volumes 1-5.

Together, 18 volumes. Folio. Half-titles in each volume; titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes. Illustrated with engravings, most copiously in the Gronovius volumes, including in-text, full-page, double-page and folding. (Very occasional toning, generally excellent internal condition with wide margins.) Contemporary vellum (stained, marked, spine labels lost). Sold as a group, not subject to return.
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