Description
The first complete edition in English of The Description of Greece by Pausanias, published in 1794.
Octavo, [three volumes], xvi, 444pp; [4], 383pp, [1]; [4], 423pp, [1]. Lacking half-title in Volume I. Pages 65 to 80 of Volume III repeat. Three-quarter calf, marbled paper-covered boards. Five raised bands, title in gilt on red morocco label affixed to spine. Yellow edges, marbled endpapers. Small points of expert restoration to spines. Solid text blocks, light wear to corners, faint foxing to endpapers and maps. Complete with two maps and five fold-out plates, all in Volume I.
(Lowndes 1807) (Allibone 2361)
An eyewitness account of Greece from the 2nd century, A.D.
