Voyage d'Anténor en Grèce et en Asie, avec les notions sur l'égypte, manuscrit grec trouvé ê Herculanum, traduit par é.-F. Lantier, avec figures. Quatrième édition, revue et corrigée par l'auteur.
Paris: Chez Buisson, 1801.
Price: $350.00
About the item
4e. edition. Engraved frontispiece to each volume and 2 other plates engraved by Delignon and Tardieu after drawings by Bornet. 3 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf, covers with gilt-rolled borders, spines with gilt ornaments, brown and green lettering pieces, marbled endpapers. A fine set; title page of first volume with discreet stamp of previous owner.
Item #56702
Beautiful copy of this novel (first published in 1798) which enjoyed a great success in a period of which saw a rebirth of philhellenism, was translated into several languages (the English edition was 1799), and went through many editions.
