Lot of 5 books Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Gréce By Jean Jacques Barthelemy (Voyage of the Young Anacharsis in Greece) – In French language. Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4 5. Complete work.
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Jean Jacques Barthelemy’s famous “Voyage du jeu Anacharsis en Gréce”. He had begun it in 1757 and had been working on it for thirty years. The hero, a young Scythian descended from the famous philosopher Anacharsis, is supposed to travel to Greece for instruction in his early youth, and after making the tour of her republics, colonies, and islands, to return to his native country and write this book in his old age, after the Macedonian hero had overturned the Persian Empire. In the manner of modern travelers, he gives an account of the customs, government, and antiquities of the country he is supposed to have visited.
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PARIS, CHEZ ÉTIENNE LEDOUX, LIBRAIRE, 1830. Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4 5
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Pp. (1): 476Pp. (2): 486Pp. (3): 502 + /2/ of indexPp. (4): 509 + /1/ of index – atlas missingPp. (5): 470 + /2/ of index Size: 21 x 13,6 cm
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Binding: Original quarter-leather binding. Giltstamped spine cover. Spine cover extremes damaged on some volumes, spine cover renewed on vol. 5. Signs of wear. Condition: Foxing, textblock clean. Folding map missing from vol.4.
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