ROLLIN, Charles and CREVIER, Jean-Baptiste. Histoire romaine, depuis la fondation de Rome jusqu'à la bataille d'Actium, c'est-à-dire jusqu'à la fin de la République. Published in Paris by Veuve Estienne between 1738 and 1748. 16 volumes in-12, full brown marbled calf, ribbed spines decorated with gilt fleurons, gilt title and tomaison on burgundy morocco, guilloche headpieces, gilt fillet on the edges, blue speckled edges. Contemporary binding. Approx. 600 pages per volume, 14 fold-out maps and plans after J.-B. Bourguignon d'Anville. Minor rubbing and scuffing, small wormholes on one spine of volume 1, otherwise very good condition. First edition of this important Roman history by Charles Rollin (1661-1741), illustrated with 14 fold-out maps and plans after Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, one of the most renowned French geographers of the 18th century. Only volumes 1 to 8 were written by Rollin himself; the following volumes (9 to 16) are the work of one of his disciples, M. Crévier, professor of rhetoric at the University of Paris 3. Heraldic bookplate with the Latin motto "Virtute Nitet" ("Power shines") engraved on the flyleaf. Rich set, complete in 16 finely bound volumes.