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LOT 309
SOLD €110,00

[Travel journal] Reize van den jongen Anacharsis door Griekenland.

Uit het Fransch van den Abt Barthelemij door M. Stuart. [10 vols.]. Amsterdam, Johannes Allart, 1794.

10 vols., 8vo., uniformly bound, half-leather, green, red and gilt-stamped title on spine, incl. 43 maps and other plates in copper engraving, most of which folding. Bindings rubbed, but good inside. In 1788, Jean Jacques Barthelemy (1716-1795) published the travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, an imaginary travel journal. The publication had a huge effect on the rise of Philhellenism in France in that period. The book was reprinted many times and translated into various languages. Several sequels and imitations appeared in the 19th century. Full set. (10 in total)

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