[DUBOIS-FONTANELLE (Joseph-Gaspard). Essay on the sacred fire and on the Vestals. In Amsterdam, and in Paris, by Le Jay, 1768. In-8, [2] f., 109 p., contemporary marbled havana calf, smooth and ornate spine, garnet-red basane title-piece, marbled edges (corners and head-cap rubbed, small split at the head of a jaw, one guard cut).
First edition of this historical study on a curious aspect of ancient religions.
Provenance: ms. bookplate and old stamp on one endpaper; small embossed blue bookplate label, a fish with the letters Alpha and Omega in a circle.
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