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[Barthélemy, Jean Jacques]
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description
- Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce, dans le milieu du quatrième siècle avant l'ère vulgaire. Paris: chez De Bure l'ainé, 1788
first edition, 5 volumes (including atlas), 4to (240 x 188mm.), 31 double-page or folding engraved maps, plans and plates, some hand-coloured in outline, each text volume with half-title and one leaf of errata (at end), contemporary mottled green and tan calf, some leaves spotted or browned, bindings slightly rubbed, 2 spines repaired, one rebacked retaining original spine, others with slight wear
Literature
Blackmer 83; Atabey 67 (1821 edition)
Catalogue Note
"It is difficult to overestimate the importance of Anacharsis in the development of French neo-classicism and in the creation of philhellenic sentiment. Though there had been earlier attempts to popularize and disseminate what was known of Greek antiquity, none had been influential and successful" (Blackmer).