Lot no. 200
BARTHÉLEMY (Jean-Jacques). Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce, dans le milieu du quatrième siècle avant l'ère vulgaire. Paris, De Bure l'aîné, 1790. 7 volumes in-8, fawn-coloured basane, ornate spine, mottled edges (Binding of the period). Third edition of this famous work recounting the peregrinations of a young Greek in the 4th century BC, a pretext for a meticulous and highly erudite description of Greece on the eve of the assassination of Philip of Macedon. Complementary atlas: Recueil de cartes géographiques, plans, vues et médailles de l'ancienne Grèce. Herve, Impr. du Journal général de l'Europe, 1789. In-4, half brown basane, smooth spine decorated (period binding). Belgian edition containing 31 copper-engraved maps, plans and views, including a large map of Greece by Barbié du Bocage. From the library of V. de Vaublanc, with armorial bookplate and signature. Corners worn, some rubbing and minor defects to bindings; atlas binding worn.
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