26 - BARTHELEMY, Jean-Jacques. The Young Anacharsis’s Journey to Greece.

BARTHELEMY, Jean-Jacques. The Young Anacharsis’s Journey to Greece. Paris, Richard, Caille, and Ravier, n.d. (c. 1800) In-12 (16.5 x 10 cm), half-basane with corner pieces, smooth spine with panels decorated with gilt motifs, title and volume number in gilt letters, roulette on the edges, red edges. Period binding. - Romantic half-calf binding for the atlas, in oblong format (25 x 35 cm). 9 volumes of text, uncollated; atlas of 37 plates. Scuffing on the bindings. Some pages sun-faded; a few foxing spots. A rare, undated edition from the late 18th century, in 9 volumes, accompanied by the atlas from an 1830 edition (37 plates). An essential work for the study and appreciation of the life and customs of classical Greece. "The Voyage of Anacharsis [first edition in 1788] provides us with a thorough understanding of the religious, civil, literary, and philosophical history of the most enlightened nation of antiquity. It is a masterpiece of scholarship, composition, and style." (19th-century Larousse). A fine copy.