FLORIAN (Jean-Pierre Claris de). Numa Pompilius, second king of Rome. Paris : printing house of Didot l'aîné, 1786. - In-8, dark green morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, smooth spine decorated, gilt border inside, gilt edges (period binding). First edition dedicated to the queen, illustrated with a frontispiece engraved by Dambrun after a drawing by François Marie Isidore Queverdo. ONE OF THE RARE COPIES ON VELLUM PAPER IN THE IN-8 FORMAT. The ordinary edition was published in two volumes in-12. A very fine copy in contemporary green morocco. Rubbing of use to the headpieces, corners dulled. Light stains on the frontispiece, scattered foxing.