Jean-Jacques BARTHÉLEMY

New edition.

Full glazed eggplant calf binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, gilt roulettes on headcaps, quintuple gilt fillet frames on boards enhanced with decorative motifs stamped in blind, double gilt fillets on leading edges, one slight harmless nick to upper corner, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges, elegant romantic binding. Some minor foxing of no consequence.

Handsome copy.

New edition.
Half aubergine sheep bindings, smooth spines slightly faded decorated with gilt arabesques, minor rubbing traces on some spines, gilt roulettes on headcaps, worn headcaps with some small losses, gilt fillet frames on boards enhanced with Romantic blind-stamped decoration, gilt laurel leaves surmounted by a gilt crown bearing the inscription "collège de Chateau-Thierry Ainse" stamped to center of front covers, gilt dots on edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary bindings. Our copy is complete with its rare atlas which is almost always missing.
The atlas complete with its 31 engraved plates, dated 1819, is bound in full navy sheep, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets with two restored tears, minor tears to edges.
Some foxing.

First edition.
Contemporary full marbled calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with fleurons in compartments. Red morocco title label. Good copy.
Jean Jacques Barthélémy (1716-1795) was first an ecclesiastic before becoming an archaeologist, man of letters and numismatist. Before publishing the famous voyage of Anacharsis, he became known through numerous scholarly researches which he endeavored to make accessible to a broader public, not only in Anacharsis, but also in this work on Greek music, in which an Athenian is found dialoguing with a disciple of Plato. Barthélémy furthermore dwells on the significance of music for the Athenians, drawing directly from the writings of Plato.