Jean-Jacques BARTHÉLEMY
Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce, vers le milieu du quatrième siècle avant l'ère vulgaire
Lebigre frères|Paris 1819-1834|13 x 21 cm|6 volumes reliés
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.
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.
€500