Jean-Baptiste Ladvocat - Dictionnaire historique portatif...

Jean-Baptiste Ladvocat (1709 - 1765). Portable historical dictionary containing the history of the patriarchs, the Hebrew princes, the emperors, the kings and great captains, the gods, the heroes of pagan antiquity, the popes, the holy fathers, the bishops and famous cardinals, historians, poets, orators, theologians, etc. Paris, Didot, 1760, xlvii (4) ff. 835 pp., 1003 pp. 2 volumes in-12 (175x115 mm), full calf, spine with raised bands ornamented, title and volume labels in red morocco, red edges (bindings of the period). Wear and rubbing on boards and spine, losses on the headcaps. Interior fresh New edition; complete in 2 volumes Ladvocat presents his dictionary as a kind of abridged universal history, organized alphabetically and devoted to illustrious men and women from all countries and all ranks. The entries concern notably the Hebrew patriarchs and princes, emperors, kings, captains, gods and heroes of Antiquity, popes, saints, bishops and cardinals, but also historians, poets, orators, theologians, jurists, physicians, learned women and painters.

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