DELANDINE, Antoine-François Lot n° 45

L'Enfer des peuples anciens ou Histoire des dieux infernaux, de leur culte, de leurs temples, de leurs noms, de leurs attributs Paris, rue et hôtel Serpente, 1784 Sympathique maroquin binding with a bird's-eye iron on the back. Copy Paul Desq and Charles Lormier Original edition, by the first director of the Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon 2 parts in one volume in-8 (170 x 94mm). Binding of the period. Red morocco, gilt decoration, gilt spine with ribbed spine, gilt edges, gilt spine gilt and gilt spine gilt, gilt edges. Provenance: Paul Desq (ex-libris) -- Charles Lormier (ex-libris) -- acquired from Cornuau. Credits: Caillet, 2895: "work of erudition written with method" -- Guaïta, 1292