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DURUY (Victor) Histoire des Romains depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'a l'invasion des Barbares. New edition. Paris, Hachette & Cie, 1885. 7 volumes in-4, illustrated with around 3,000 engravings based on antique drawings and 100 maps or plans. Bound in 1/2-cornered chagrin, spine ribbed. Excellent quality copy, no foxing.
The latest edition of the Histoire des Romains, from the earliest times to the invasion of the Barbarians, is a monumental work published between 1879 and 1885.
It is divided into seven volumes of around 800 pages each. They are illustrated by 3,000 engravings and 100 maps and plans.
Color chromolithographs add to the sumptuousness of the work.
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