Etudes de l'histoire ancienne et de celle de la Grèce ; de la constitution de la République d'Athènes et de celle de Lacédémone ; de la législation, des tribunaux, des mœurs et usages des Athéniens ; de la poésie, de la philosophie et des arts chez les Grecs

Paris, Chez Fournier Frères, 1811; 5 volumes, octavo (8vo), XXIV, 4 leaves of tables, 456, 512, 531, 507 and 508 pages. Full calf signed Martin. Blind-stamped decoration on the boards, raised bands spines ornamented with gilt and blind fleurons and fillets, gilt titles and volume numbers. Light rubbing and marks on the boards. First edition. Pierre-Charles Levesque (Paris, 1736 - 1812) was Professor of history at the Collège de France and at the Faculté des Lettres of Reims. The first volume and the first part of the second concern the Orient (including Ptolemaic Egypt) and the Far East, while the other volumes deal with Greece. Very fine set.