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C1826
Tableau de l’Histoire Romaine depuis les tems les plus reculés jusqu’à la division de l’Empire.
Rare French pictorial engraving of the history of the Roman Empire from 1984 BC to 500 AD, surrounded by numerous views of iconic buildings by Edouard Auguste Patrice Hocquart (1789-1870). At bottom are twenty portraits of Roman Emperors while at … Read Full Description
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S/N: EU-ITA-1826-HOCQ–346159
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Full Title:
Tableau de l’Histoire Romaine depuis les tems les plus reculés jusqu’à la division de l’Empire.
Date:
C1826
Condition:
Minor chips to sheet edges, small split to right sheet edge of centre fold, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
472mm
x 665mm
Paper Size:
500mm
x 715mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1826
Description:
Rare French pictorial engraving of the history of the Roman Empire from 1984 BC to 500 AD, surrounded by numerous views of iconic buildings by Edouard Auguste Patrice Hocquart (1789-1870).
At bottom are twenty portraits of Roman Emperors while at top is a large dramatic vignette of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius flanked by four images of military and naval items. There are three extensive tables of information.
Collections:
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: Identifier : ark:/12148/btv1b53098450
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: Identifier : ark:/12148/btv1b53098450
Edouard Auguste Patrice Hocquart (1789 - 1870)
French publisher, writer, artist and engraver, noted for his colour plates illustrating Joseph R. Roques's (1772–1850) Materia Medica publication Phytographie médicale of 1821–1824.
