The Mythology And Fables Of The Ancients, Explain'd from History. By the Abbé Banier, Member of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres. Vol. I. (- IV.) Translated from the Original French.
[Mythologie et les fables expliquées par l'histoire., English.]
Imprint
London:: Printed for A. Millar, at Buchanan's-Head, against St. Clement's-Church in the Strand., MDCCXXXIX. (-MDCCXL.)
Physical Description
4 vols.; 203 mm. (Octavo).
General Note
Vol. I: xxiii, [1], 583, [1] p. - Vol. II: [10], 619, [1] p. - Vol. III: [10], 545, [1] p. - Vol. IV: [8], 458, [142] p. Page 453 is misnumbered as 353.
Contents
Vol. I: [All before p.iii missing from R.A.'s copy] - Advertisement - The Author's Preface - Contents Of The First Volume; Errata - [Text]; [Publisher's advertisement]. - Vol. II: [T.p., divisional t.p. of Vol. II] - Contents Of The Second Volume - [Text]]. - Vol. III: [T.p., divisional t.p. of Vol. III] - Contents Of The Third Volume - [Text]; [Publisher's advertisement]. - Vol. IV: [T.p.., divisional t.p. of Vol. IV] - Contents Of The Fourth and Lst Volume] - [Text] - A Compleat Index Of Persons and Things Contained in the Four Volumes ... .
References
J.D. Reid, The Oxford guide to classical mythology in the arts (2 v., 1993); Les amours des dieux ... de Watteau à David [exhibition catalogue] (1991); A.D. Momigliano, 'Historiography of religion', in Encyclopaedia of religion, vol. 6 (1987), p. 383-90; S. Orgel, ed., The Renaissance and the gods: a comprehensive collection (55 v., 1976); The rise of modern mythology 1680-1860, ed. B. Feldman (1972); H. Bardon, 'Les peintures à sujets antiques au XVIIe siècle d'après les livrets de Salons', in Gaz. B.-A., n.s. 5 (1963), p.217-50; J. Seznec, The survival of the pagan gods ( 1953).
ESTC, N35253
Summary Note
The publication-date of 1740 is carried on the title-pages of Volumes II-IV. The work was originally published in French in Paris in 1738-1740.
Reproductions
An electronic reproduction was published in 2003 (Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale). A microfilm version was published in 1990 (Woodbridge, CT: Research Publications). A facsimile was printed in 1976 (New York: Garland).
Provenance
Acquired between 1769 and 1802. Recorded in A Catalogue Of The Library In The Royal Academy, London (1802).
Copy Note
Imperfect; Volume I lacks all before page iii.
Binding Note
18th-century calf; rebacked in 20th century, red morocco spine-labels lettered 'Mythology Of The Ancients', spines lettered 'I (-IV) and '1740'.
Subject
Mythology - Mythology, Roman - Mythology, Greek - Religion - Fables - History
Treatises - Catalogues, Booksellers' - 18th century