History of the Celts, 1771, provenance: Rääf (2 vol)

Simon Pelloutier:

Histoire des celtes, et particulierement des gaulois et des germand, depuis les tems fabuleux, jusqu' à la prise de Rome par les gaulois. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée, & augumentée d'un quatrième livre posthume de l'auteur. 1-2.

Paris, l'imprimerie de Quillau, 1771. 4to. (25 x 20 cms.) LVI + 638; + VIII + 516 pp.

Two volumes, near-contemporary half calf, marbled sides, smooth spines richly gilt, yellow edges. Bookplate (L.F. Rääf).

Simon Pelloutier (1694-1757), French historian and Protestant priest, served as the librarian of the Academy of Sciences in Berlin. This is his most important work and was first published in the Hague 1740-50. This edition by Chiniac de la Bastide has been thoroughly revised and was met with great contemporary acclaim when it appeared.

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