Description of the Plains of Troy: With a map of that region delineated from an actual survey. Read in French before the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Feb 21 and 28 and March 21, 1791. ... Translated by Andrew Dalzel.
by CHEVALIER, M
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Edinburgh: Printed for T. Cadell, 1791. With a map of that region delineated from an actual survey. Read in French before the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Feb 21 and 28 and March 21, 1791. ... Translated from the Original not yet Published, ... by Andrew Dalzel. Edinburgh: Printed for T. Cadell, 1791.
First English edition. Quarto. xv, 154, 10. Four engraved maps, of which three are folding.
Contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, red morocco label. Edges of free endpapers slightly browned from the turn-ins under the pastedown endpapers. Occasional light spotting. Light rubbing to extremities. Still a very good, clean copy, well-margined. Maps exceptionally fresh.
"Marks the beginning of modern archaeological exploration in that area" (Blackmer 993)
HBS 66804.
$1,250.
First English edition. Quarto. xv, 154, 10. Four engraved maps, of which three are folding.
Contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, red morocco label. Edges of free endpapers slightly browned from the turn-ins under the pastedown endpapers. Occasional light spotting. Light rubbing to extremities. Still a very good, clean copy, well-margined. Maps exceptionally fresh.
"Marks the beginning of modern archaeological exploration in that area" (Blackmer 993)
HBS 66804.
$1,250.
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- 66804
- Title
- Description of the Plains of Troy
- Author
- CHEVALIER, M
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for T. Cadell
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1791
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Archaeology
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