Reise des jüngern Anacharsis durch Griechenland, viertehalbhundert Jahr vor der gewöhnlichen Zeitrechnung (1793)
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Reise des jüngern Anacharsis durch Griechenland, viertehalbhundert Jahr vor der gewöhnlichen Zeitrechnung (1793)
by Abbè (Jean Jacques) Barthelemy
A complete set of thirteen solid leather-bound books, offering an 18th century edition of this classic work on the lands and peoples of ancient Greece. Published by Wien, Prag, Franz Haas, 1793. Text in German. Very Rare.
ERSTER THEIL. illustrated plate & 4 folding maps
ZWEITER THEIL. illustrated plate & 10 folding maps
DES II BANDES ZWEUTE ABTHEILUNG. illustrated plate and 2 folding maps
DES DRITTEN BANDES I. ABTHEILUNG. illustrated plate
DES DRITTEN BANDES II.ABTHEILUNG. 5 folding maps
DES VIERTEN BANDES I. illustrated plate
DES VIERTEN BANDES II.
DES FUNSTEN BANDES I. illustrated plate
DES FUNSTEN BANDES II. ABTHEILUNG.
DES SECHSTEN BANDES I. illustrated plate and 5 folding maps
DES SECHSTEN BANDES II.ABTHEILUNG. 1 folding plate
DES SIEBENTEN BANDES I.ABTHEILUNG. 1 illustrated plate
DES VII BANDES II. 1 large folding illustrated plate
12 of the 13 volumes are uniformly and solidly bound and in good condition; the thirteenth was published a couple of years later and its binding is a little different and has been cracked along the spine edges. These 13 books have 10 illustrated plates and at least 26 folding maps and plans. Published more than 220 years ago, this set of books is now exceedingly rare. There are no other German-language sets in as many volumes or with as many illustrations as this set. (The image of the author we included on our website is NOT in the book.)
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (1716 – 1795) was a French writer and numismatist. He was the author of a number of learned works on antiquarian subjects, but the great work on which his fame rests is ‘Travels of Anacharsis the younger in Greece,’ which is offered here, in German. 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 repair 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. A copious introduction supplies whatever may be wanting in respect to historical details, while various dissertations on the music of the Greeks, on the literature of the Athenians, and on the economy, pursuits, ruling passions, manners, and customs of the surrounding states supply ample information on the subjects of which they treat.
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Inventory Number: 76188
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