MONTFAUCON, Bernard de. L'Antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures. À Paris, Chez Delaulne, Foucault, Clousier, Nyon, Ganeau, Gosselin & Giffart, 1722. 3 volumes (out of 5) in-folio, very worn brown basane (contemporary binding). "Second edition, revised and corrected. Volume II: - Le Culte des Grecs & des Romains. -- The Religion of the Egyptians, Arabs, Syrians, Persians, Scythians, Germans, Gauls, Spaniards & Carthaginians. 104 plates Volume III, second part only: Baths, weddings, great and small games, pomp, hunting, fishing, arts.PL. 122 à 197 Volume IV, second part only: - Public roads, aqueducts, & navigation. Pl. 114 to, 145 and 2 unnumbered plates - This study by Bernard de Montfaucon (1655-1741), a Benedictine monk from Saint-Maur, helped to spread the taste for archaeology in France. Very incomplete set, nevertheless interesting for the engravings.