Montfaucon, Bernard de. L'antiquité expliquée, et représentée en figures. 10 volumes and 5 supplements, together 15 volumes. Title in red and black. With 10 engraved title vignettes, numerous engraved text vignets and 1127 (instead of 1397) mostly double-leaf copper plates. 39.5 x 25 cm. Leather d. C. (breathing, infesting capitals, partly with scrap marks) with gold plating and 2 gold-embossed shields. Paris, Florentine Delaulne, 1719-1724. Cioranescu 47006. Cohen/R. 731. Graesse IV, 590. Brunet III, 1861f. Lipperheide Ba 6. – First edition of the monumental illustration work, a source of first rank on the history of archaeology and the collection system against the background of the "Querelle des anciens et modernes". On the boards the whole ancient world, its world of gods, cult practice, war technique, architecture, handicrafts etc. is represented. The supplements have only been put on once. – The stung frontispiece and the portrait are missing. A little flaky, title stamped several times, in places with worm canals, some plates loose.