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Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1745, 12mo., full marbled leather tooled binding with gilt ornaments and lettering on spine and gilt board egde tooling, complete in 4 volumes, I: xcviii+500+(12) pages, II: 554+(6) pages, III: 620+(12) pages, IV: 494 pages, engraved frontispiece with portrait by P.T.S. in volume I, decorative ornaments on the title pages of the other volumes, decorative head and tail pieces throughout all volumes.
Charles Rollin (January 30, 1661 Paris – December 14, 1741 Paris) was a French historian and educator, whose popularity in his time combined with becoming forgotten by later generations makes him an epithet according to Wikipedia. His best work was on education.
