TERRASSON, Abbé J. - Lot 134

TERRASSON, Abbé J. Sethos, histoire ou vie tirée des monuments, anecdotes de l'ancienne Egypte. Ouvrage dans lequel on trouve la description des Initiations aux Mystères Egyptiens, translated from a Greek manuscript. Paris, Desaint, 1767, 2 vol. in-12, full contemporary marbled calf, spine ribbed and decorated, XXIV, 448 ; 456 pp. Two folding maps. An inscription in contemporary pen on the spine of the first cover of the first volume. Fesch 1358. Caillet 10579. Dorbon 4812. Guaita 1006, 2152 "Interesting work, mainly from the point of view of ancient Egyptian religion and initiations. It is said that Gustave Flaubert drew his immortal masterpiece Salammbô from this work".