BooksRef. 846
L'Enfer des peuples anciens, ou histoire des dieux infernaux, de leur culte, de leurs temples, de leurs noms, de leurs attributs.
1784
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Paris, Rue et Hotêl Serpente (Imprimerie de Gueffier), 1784 ; duodecimo (12mo) of (4), XII, 268, 269 - 567 pp., (5). Full tree calf, smooth spine decorated with compartments tooled with gilt fleurons and geometric motifs, title labels. Joints of the upper board very slightly split, dog-eared corners. First edition of this work by Antoine-François Delandine, who was a lawyer and court clerk but also director of the Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon. Index of the artists who depicted the infernal deities, index of the authors cited and bibliography at the end.
L'Enfer des peuples anciens, ou histoire des dieux infernaux, de leur culte, de leurs temples, de leurs noms, de leurs attributs. Delandine (Antoine-François). 1784.
