PERROT (Georges) - CHIPIEZ (Charles). History of art in antiquity. Egypt, Assyria, Persia, Asia Minor, Greece, Etruria, Rome. Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1884-1914. -10 volumes in-4, dark brown half-chagrin, smooth spine decorated, gilt head, cover preserved (period binding). Largely first edition of the 10 volumes of this ambitious history of Art, published over more than 30 years. It is illustrated with several hundred black reproductions in the text and numerous plates, many in color. It comprises: I. Egypt. - II. Chaldea and Assyria. - III. Phoenicia, Cyprus. - IV. Judea. Sardinia, Syria, Cappadocia. - V. Persia. Phrygia, Lydia and Caria. - VI. Early Greece. Mycenaean art. - VII. Epic Greece. Archaic Greece (the temple). - VIII. Archaic Greece. Sculpture. - IX. Archaic Greece. Glyptics, numismatics, painting, ceramics. - X. Archaic Greece. Athens ceramics. Volume 1 is a resale copy dated 1911 (cover 1882). Spine faded, wear rubbed. Some foxing.