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PAUSANIAS Pausanias, ou voyage historique de la Grece

PAUSANIAS

GEDOYN

Pausanias, ou voyage historique de la Grece

Chez Jean-François Bastien, à Paris 1793, 4 tomes en 4 Vol. in-8 (12,7x20,7cm), XIX-(1)-454 pp. ; 431 pp. ; 443 pp. ; 364 pp., reliés.


New edition of the French translation of Pausanias by Father Gedoyn established on the Latin version of Amaseus, published for the first time in 1547. One in 4 edition appeared simultaneously, but it is less common. It is illustrated by 3 folding maps and 3 boards also extendible.
Full marbled sheepskin period. Smooth back richly decorated with jewels, fat and hairlines and wheels copings. Parts of title and volume number beige. Friction, 3 corners bumped. Good copy, decorative.
Pausanias was a geographer and writer of the second century AD. JC His description of Greece is a key witness on Greece to Roman times. The translation of Father Gedoyn was long sought for its elegance, even if it errs on misstatements.

700 €

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