BARTHÉLEMY, Jean-Jacques (1716--1795)
[Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce. 1789]
Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce, dans le milieu du quatrième siècle avant l'ère vulgaire. Tome premier (-- neuvieme).
A Paris (Place), chez De Bure l'aíné,, 1789.
9 vols ; 16.3 cm. (12º)
I: xxiv, 384 p., frontis. (fold. map)
II: viii, 396 p.
III: vi, 388 p.
IV: viii, 372 p.
V: vi, 412 p.
VI: viii, 379, [1] p.
VII: viii, 404 p.
VIII: viii, 420 p.
IX: vi, 283, [1] p.

Anonymous. By J.-J. Barthélemy. Another edition of the popular philhellenic work first published in 1788 (q.v.). Volume I includes a folded map by the cartographer Barbié du Bocage. Volume IX includes tables and indexes.

Copy Notes Inscribed in ink on half-title of vol. I: John Soane 1796, probably his son, John Soane junior. Acquired for £1 3s. at James Playfair's sale, Christie's, London, January 10th, 1795 (lot 9) - see copy of marked up sale catalogue in Soane's library (q.v.).

Binding C18th marbled sheep, neoclassical gilt-tooled spines, red morocco spine-labels.

Reference Number 1033

Additional Names Playfair, James (1755--1794) - Art collections; Soane, John (1786--1823)