1817, ISBN: bbadcbfbd57c1a02a2fd6eb2046f875b

Chez Etienne Ledoux, Libraire, rue Guénégaud, N° 9 à Parus,1821, in 8 (21,5 x 13,8 cm), CXL + 354 pages - 506 pages - 482 pages - 488 pages - 479 pages - 436 page… More...

Chez Etienne Ledoux, Libraire, rue Guénégaud, N° 9 à Parus,1821, in 8 (21,5 x 13,8 cm), CXL + 354 pages - 506 pages - 482 pages - 488 pages - 479 pages - 436 pages - 448 pages + in 4 à l'italienne (21,5 x 26,5 cm), 3 ff + 39 planches + 1 ff. Illustration en noir d'un portrait de l'auteur en frontispice du tome 1, et des 39 planches de l'Atlas hors-texte dont 27 en noir, une dépliante rehaussée en couleurs, et 11 simples rehaussées en couleurs gravées par Tardieu. Reliure cartonnage rouge carmin, dos avec filets et titre dorés. +++++++ Edition de la première moitié du XIXe siècle de ce célèbre ouvrage de Jean-Jacques Barthélémy (1716 -1795) avec son atlas complet de ses 39 gravures. L'auteur est un ecclésiastique, archéologue, littérateur et numismate français. Cet ouvrage de voyage en Grèce dans l'Antiquité publié en 1788 est l'oeuvre la plus connue de cet auteur et lui valut son entrée à l'académie française., Chez Etienne Ledoux, Libraire, rue Guénégaud, N° 9 à Parus, 1821, 0, De l'imprimerie de Mame, frères rue de pot-de Fer, 1810. Hard Back. Very Good. 7 of 8 volumes bound in contemporary full leather with 6 compartments on the spine two morroco labels 555-603-571-578-566-522-514 pages very good indeed tight bindings clean pages only very lightly rubbed., De l'imprimerie de Mame, frères rue de pot-de Fer, 1810, 3, Paris, Chez De Bure l'aîné, 1790. 8vo. 7 volumes: 1, XVI,248 p., 4 maps; 2, (IV),350 p., 13 maps & plates; 3, (VIII),332 p., 5 maps & plates; 4, (VI),339 p., 6 maps & plates; 5, (VI),336 p., 1 plate; 6, (VI),313 p., 1 map & 1 plate; 7, (II),78,(2),LXIV,CXXXIX p. In all, 4 & 27 folding plates & maps. Contemporary boards. 19.5 cm (Ref: Graesse 1,300; Brunet 1,674) (Details: Without the Atlas volume. Bindings in marbled paper. All spines ruled gilt, and with a light brown title label, and a dark blue small oval volume label. Small paper library label at the foot of the spines. Maps engraved by the French cartographer Jean Denis Barbié du Bocage, 1760-1825, who was a friend of the author Barthélemy. At this time he was attached, like Barthélemy, to the cabinet of medals from the Library of King.) (Condition: Bindings scuffed. Corners slightly bumped. Some scattered and insignificant ink and rust spots. Faint traces of a bookplate being removed on the front pastedowns) (Note: The Frenchman Jean Jacques Barthélemy, 1716-1795, was a cleric and keeper of the royal cabinet of medals in Paris. His fame rests on his 'Voyage du jeune Anacharsis', or 'Travels of Anacharsis the younger in Greece in the middle of the 4thy century B.C', which was published in 1788, and illustrated with maps by the cartographer Jean Denis Barbié du Bocage. The 'Voyage' was longtime held in wide esteem as a popular account of the antiquities, manners, customs and governments of ancient Greece. Barthélemy's aim was not scholarship, or to write a history of Greece. His intention was to provide his countrymen, in an entertaining form, with some knowledge of Greek civilization, and to popularize the results of modern research. A road trip, when 'tout est en action' is an excellent vehicle for telling 'des détails interdits à l'historien'. (Vol. 1, Avertissement p. VI) Nevertheless, in volume 1 Barthélemy gives a copious introduction, which supplies whatever may be wanting in respect to historical details. The first person narrator of the story, Anacharsis, is a young Scythian, a descendent of the famous philosopher Anacharsis, of whom he complains that he is 'si célèbre parmi les Grecs, et si indignement traité chez les Scythes'. (vol. 2, p. 1) Our fictional hero leaves for Athens for instruction in the spring of 363 B.C, a few years before the birth of Alexander the Great. He makes a tour through the regions of Greece, and visits islands, 'observant par-tout les moers et les usages des peuples, assisant à leurs fêtes, étudiant la nature de leur gouvernemens'. (p. Vol. 1, p. V). He meets Epaminondas, Phocion, Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, Demosthenes and others. In 337, soon after the battle of Chaeroneia, when he sees that Greece is enslaved by Philippus, the father of Alexander, he returns to his native country, to write an account of his road trip) (Provenance: On the flyleaf of the first 2 volumes the name 'v.Graevenig') (Collation: 1: pi8, A-P8, Q4; 2: pi4 (minus blank leaf pi4); A-X8, Y8 (minus blank leaf Y8); 3: pi4, A-V8, X6; 4: pi4 (minus blank leaf pi4), A-X8, Y2; 5: pi4 (minus blank leaf pi4), A-X8; 6: pi4 (minus blank leaf pi4), A-T8, V6 (minus blank leaf V6). 7: pi2 (minus blank leaf pi2), A-E-8, a-d8, a8, b4, c-i8, k2; 1, maps I-IV; 2, plates 1/13; 3, plates 14/18; 4, plates 19/23 & plate 27 (last one); 5, plate 24; 6, plates 25 & 26)) (Photographs on request) (Heavy book, may require extra shipping costs), 0, London: Mawman, Rivington, et al., 1817. Hardcover. Very Good. Published 1817. Quarto (27.5 cm), retaining original calf boards with gilt borders and floral decorations at corners, more recent spine with gilt compartments, marbled boards, (iv) 106, 39 engraved plates, most double page, including large folding map, many of the maps with original hand coloring in outline.Text a bit foxed, but plates remarkably free of foxing, all plates in very good or better condition. Some darkening and discoloration to boards, but altogether a very handsome copy with some truly finely engraved views and maps., Mawman, Rivington, et al., 1817, 3<

1817, ISBN: bbadcbfbd57c1a02a2fd6eb2046f875b

Hardcover, Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, Maps & Cartography, Published 1817. Quarto (27.5 cm), retaining original calf boards with gilt borders and floral decorations at corners, more re… More...

Hardcover, Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, Maps & Cartography, Published 1817. Quarto (27.5 cm), retaining original calf boards with gilt borders and floral decorations at corners, more recent spine with gilt compartments, marbled boards, (iv) 106, 39 engraved plates, most double page, including large folding map, many of the maps with original hand coloring in outline. Text a bit foxed, but plates remarkably free of foxing, all plates in very good or better condition. Some darkening and discoloration to boards, but altogether a very handsome copy with some truly finely engraved views and maps. , London, [PU: Mawman, Rivington, et al]<

1817, ISBN: bbadcbfbd57c1a02a2fd6eb2046f875b

London: Mawman, Rivington, et al., 1817. Hardcover. Very Good. Published 1817. Quarto (27.5 cm), retaining original calf boards with gilt borders and floral decorations at corners, mor… More...

London: Mawman, Rivington, et al., 1817. Hardcover. Very Good. Published 1817. Quarto (27.5 cm), retaining original calf boards with gilt borders and floral decorations at corners, more recent spine with gilt compartments, marbled boards, (iv) 106, 39 engraved plates, most double page, including large folding map, many of the maps with original hand coloring in outline.Text a bit foxed, but plates remarkably free of foxing, all plates in very good or better condition. Some darkening and discoloration to boards, but altogether a very handsome copy with some truly finely engraved views and maps., Mawman, Rivington, et al., 1817, 3<