Title: Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, During the Middle of the Fourth Century, Before the Christian æra Author: Barthelemy, Jean-Jacques Place: Philadelphia Publisher: Jacob Johnson and Co. Date: 1804 Description: 4 volumes. xviii, 419; iii, [1], 405; vii, [1], 463; vii, [1], 496 pp. With folding map at front of volume 1. Translated from the French by William Beaumont. (8vo) period tree calf, gilt ruled spines, morocco spine labels lettered and numbered in gilt. First American Edition. Really a textbook on the daily life and culture of ancient Greece, primarily centered around Athens, this lengthy work is "so written, that the reader may frequently be induced to imagine he is perusing a work of mere amusement, invention, and fancy" (p. iii). Footnotes citing a multitude of classical sources back up Barthelemy's imagined journey, which is illustrated with an attractive engraved map by du Bocage. Lot Amendments Condition: Wear and rubbing to bindings, some chips and a bit of loss to tops of spines, front joint to vol. 4 split, some loss to leather on spine of vol. 4; offsetting and a 2" closed tear to map at stub, scattered light foxing, a few ownership signatures on the front free endpaper of vol. 1; very good. Item number: 284771
Title: Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, During the Middle of the Fourth Century, Before the Christian æra Author: Barthelemy, Jean-Jacques Place: Philadelphia Publisher: Jacob Johnson and Co. Date: 1804 Description: 4 volumes. xviii, 419; iii, [1], 405; vii, [1], 463; vii, [1], 496 pp. With folding map at front of volume 1. Translated from the French by William Beaumont. (8vo) period tree calf, gilt ruled spines, morocco spine labels lettered and numbered in gilt. First American Edition. Really a textbook on the daily life and culture of ancient Greece, primarily centered around Athens, this lengthy work is "so written, that the reader may frequently be induced to imagine he is perusing a work of mere amusement, invention, and fancy" (p. iii). Footnotes citing a multitude of classical sources back up Barthelemy's imagined journey, which is illustrated with an attractive engraved map by du Bocage. Lot Amendments Condition: Wear and rubbing to bindings, some chips and a bit of loss to tops of spines, front joint to vol. 4 split, some loss to leather on spine of vol. 4; offsetting and a 2" closed tear to map at stub, scattered light foxing, a few ownership signatures on the front free endpaper of vol. 1; very good. Item number: 284771
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