Vies des savants illustres depuis l'Antiquité jusqu'au dix-neuvième siècle.
Paris, Lacroix / Hachette, 1866-1877.
Complete set in five volumes 8vo (230x150 mm). binding : Contemporary quarter chagreen, spine in five compartments. All edges gilden. Three bindings signed by Charles Magnier. Some foxings.
Complete series with the five volumes of this important work by Figuier on the history of scholars, from antiquity to the eighteenth century.