JAUBERT, Dissertation sur un Temple octogone, 1743
JAUBERT, Pierre (Abbé).
Dissertation sur un Temple octogone et plusieurs bas-reliefs trouvez à Cestas.
Bordeaux, Jean Baptiste Lacorne, 1743.
12mo (161x94 mm), (12)-189 pages and 2 folding plates. binding : Contemporary full sheep, gilt spine in six compartments. Plates misfolded.
First edition.
Description of a temple, probably early Christian, in Cestas by the local scholar Abbot Jaubert.
The latter identifies it as a temple dedicated to the cult of Cybele.
This temple, which has now disappeared, was attached to the old church of Cestas. The engravings by Abbot Jaubert representing the plan of the building and the bas-reliefs are the only archaeological traces that remain to us.
provenance: Ex libris handwritten on title page Jean Paul Lovet.
Price : 600 €