Academie royale, Histoire des inscriptions et belles lettres, Paris, 1736-1786, 43 volumes, calf

ACADÉMIE ROYALE

Histoire de l'Academie Royale des inscriptions et belles lettres. Paris: Imprimerie royale, 1726-1786

43 volumes, 4to (253 x 190mm.), engraved frontispiece by Simonneau after Coypel in vols 1 and 9, numerous engraved plates (mostly folding) including maps and music, contemporary marbled calf, spines rubbed, some joints cracked, lacking some lettering-pieces; sold as a set not subject to return

A good copy with wide margins. The Académie began publishing its proceedings in 1716.