PAUSANIAS
Pausanias, ou Voyage historique, pittoresque et philosophique de la Grèce, traduit du grec en français, par M. l'abbé Gédoyn (...). Nouvelle édition, revue et corrigée d'après le texte original et les meilleurs commentateurs ; augmentée du Voyage autour du monde, par Scylax, traduit du grec en français, par J. Ch. poncelin ; et enrichie de notes, de remarques, d'observations du chevalier Follart [sic], sur les batailles de Messénie, du Mont-Ithome et de Mantinée, de cartes géographiques, et de divers plans de batailles, exécutés par les meilleurs géographes[Pausanias, or An Historical, Picturesque and Philosophical Journey through Greece, translated from the Greek into French by the Abbé Gédoyn (...). A new edition, revised and corrected from the original text and the best commentators; enlarged with the Voyage round the World by Scylax, translated from the Greek into French by J.-Ch. Poncelin; and enriched with notes, remarks and observations by Chevalier Follart [sic] on the battles of Messenia, Mount Ithome and Mantinea, together with geographical maps and several battle plans executed by the finest cartographers]
Debarle|Paris 1797|12.2 x 19.6 cm|4 volumes reliés
New edition of the French translation of this work, originally published in 1731 in two quarto volumes (see Brunet IV, 456).
This edition is illustrated with 8 folding plates, comprising 3 maps and 5 views.
Contemporary full marbled tan calf bindings, smooth spines richly decorated with gilt floral panels, bronze calf lettering- and volume-pieces, small wormholes to the spines, gilt rolls to the caps, single blind fillet framing the boards, marbled endpapers, gilt fillets to the board edges, red edges, bindings of the period.
Repairs to the joints, a few occasional spots of foxing.
The translator of this French version, written "en un style aisé, clair, même...
€750