[CHAUDON, Louis-Mayeul]. New Historical Pocket Dictionary, o - Lot 76

[CHAUDON, Louis-Mayeul]. New Historical Pocket Dictionary, or A Concise History of All Men Who Have Made a Name for Themselves Through Their Talents, Virtues, Misdeeds, and Errors, from the Beginning of the World to the Present Day. New edition corrected of a prodigious number of chronological errors… Paris, Marc-Michel Rey, 1774. 4 volumes in-8, contemporary brown calfskin, decorated raised spine, title and volume number labels in red and green morocco, marbled edges. [2 ff], XXIV, 782 pp, [34] pp: supplement; [2 ff], 784 pp, [22 pp]: supplement; [2 ff], 694 pp, [30 pp]: supplement; and [2 ff], 632 pp, [23 pp]: supplement. This comprehensive biographical dictionary, which served as a model for Feller’s work, is as famous for its information as it is for the errors it contains. Scuff marks on the caps and spines; one cap torn off; corners worn