Introduction a l'histoire generale et politique de l'univers : où l'on voit l'origine, les, révolutions, l'etat presens, & les interêts des souverains / par Mr. le Baron de Pufendorff ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von, 1632-1694.

Contributor:

Compagnie des libraires (Amsterdam, Netherlands), publisher.

Robert Frost Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Einleitung zu der Historie der vornehmsten Reiche und Staaten so itziger Zeit in Europa sich befinden. French

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

World history--Early works to 1800.

World history.

Penn Provenance:

Frost, Robert (donor) (Frost Collection copy)

Desmaretz, Pierre, 1687-1771 (bookplate) (Frost Collection copy)

Physical Description:

7 volumes : maps, portraits ; 17 cm (12mo)

Edition:

Nouvelle édition, où l'on a continué tous les anciens chapitres jusqu'à present, & ajouté l'histoire des principaux souverains de l'Italie, de l'Allemagne,část, le tout dans un ordre plus naturel, avec des notes historiques, géographiques, & critiques, & les cartes, figures & tables necessaires.

Other Title:

Half-title: Introduction a l'histoire de l'univers

Fingerprint:

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Place of Publication:

A Amsterdam [that is, Trévoux?] : Aux dépens de la Compagnie, MDCCXXII [1722]

Notes:

Imprint is probably false; title vignette (armillary sphere) suggests printing in Trévoux. Cf. M. Chomarat, Vraies et fausses impressions de Trévoux au XVIIIe siècle (1987), p. 31-32.

Signatures: t. 1: pi² ã¹² ẽ² A-R¹² S⁶(-S6) T-V¹² S⁸ ; t. 2: pi² A-I¹² K¹⁰(-K6,7,8,9,10) L-X¹² Y¹²(-Y12) (leaf Y11 blank) ; t. 3: pi² ã² a-e¹² A-X¹² ; t. 4: pi² A-T¹² V¹²(-V10,11,12) ; t. 5: pi² A-Z¹² 2A⁶ (leaf 2A6 blank) ; t. 6: pi² A-N¹² O⁸ P-X¹² Y⁶ ; t. 7: pi² A⁶ B⁴ C-2A¹² 2B⁶.

Pagination: t. 1: [32], 481, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates (some fold.) ; t. 2: [4], 509, [3] p., [5] leaves of plates (some fold.) ; t. 3: [8], cxix, [1], 503, [1] p., [7] leaves of plates (some fold.) ; t. 4: [4], 474 p. ; t. 5: [4], 562, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates ; t. 6: [4], 507, [1] p., [4] leaves of plates (some fold.) ; t. 7: [4], 12, [8], 27-566 p., [2] fold. leaves of plates.

Each vol. has half-title; vol. titles in red and black.

Engraved plates.

Woodcut device (armillary sphere) on title leaf of each vol.

Printed marginalia.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Frost Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2010 by Robert Frost.

Frost Collection copy: each vol. has on front pastedown armorial bookplate of "Mr. Le Abbe Desmarestz" (i.e. Pierre Desmaretz, 1687-1771, abbé de Saint-Bénigne de Dijon, abbé de Saint-Nicolas-aux-Bois, and abbé de Montebourg) signed: Chevalier sculp. (Bookplates in v. 1-2 damaged.)

Frost Collection copy: each vol. bound in full early calf(?); boards ruled in blind; 5 raised, gold-tooled bands on spine; gold-tooled spine panels; two gold-stamped red leather spine labels, 1 with brief title ("HISTOIRE DE LUNIV") and 1 with vol. number; gold-tooled cover edges; marbled endpapers; all edges red; green silk marker.

OCLC:

22249888