SETHOS, 1767. [Abbé Jean Terrasson (1670-1750)]

Paris, Chez Desaint, Libraire, M.DCC.LXVII. (1767) New edition revised & corrected on the Author's copy. (First edition, by the abbé Jean Terrasson, published in 1731). History or life, drawn from the monuments and anecdotes of Ancient Egypt. Work in which we find the description of the Initiations to the Egyptian Mysteries, translated from a Greek manuscript. 2 volumes in12. Bound, decorated smooth spines, gilt titles. Each illustrated with a map of the voyages of Sethos. First volume (4) XXIV 448pp. Second volume (4) 455pp 17,5 x 10,5 x 3 cm Jean Terrasson (1670-1750) French churchman, man of letters, Hellenist and Latinist.