Maps, Plans, Views and Coins, Illustrative of the Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, During the Middle of the Fourth Century Before the Christian Era

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Lot #362Maps, Plans, Views and Coins, Illustrative of the Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, During the Middle of the Fourth Century Before the Christian Era

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Title:

Maps, Plans, Views and Coins, Illustrative of the Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, During the Middle of the Fourth Century Before the Christian Era

Author:

[Barthelemy, Jean Jacques and Jean Denis Barbi‚ du Bocage]

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

C. and J. Rivington, et al

Date Published:

1825

Description:

Atlas volume ONLY. 106 pp. + plates. With portrait frontispiece; 38 copper-engraved plates; maps and plans (35 double page, a few with coloring); plus a large folding map of Ancient Greece, hand colored in outline, at rear. (4to)10¾x8¼, half calf and marbled boards. Sixth Edition.

Anarcharsis was an early 6th Century Sythian Prince / Explorer (B.C.) included as one of the Ancient Seven Sages, who travelled from his homeland on the northern shores of the Black Sea to Athens. This is the atlas volume from the author’s seven volume (plus atlas) work.

Condition:

Binding detached and heavily worn; previous owner's ink stamp address on verso of every leaf, foxing; fair.

Item#:

218180

Headline:

Travels of Anacharsis the Younger - Atlas Volume
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