1804 Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece 1st American Ed 4v Leather Map For Sale

1804 Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece 1st American Ed 4v Leather Map

Item / Fine BindingYear Printed1804AuthorAbbé Jean-Jacques BarthélemyPublisherJacob Johnson & Co. (Philadelphia)SubjectHistory / Classical AntiquityTopicAncient Greece / Historical Fiction / ClassicsLanguageEnglish (Translated from French)Special Attributes1st American Edition, Illustrated, Fold-out Map, Complete 4-Volume SetPlace of PublicationPhiladelphia, USA📝 Detailed Item DescriptionTitle:Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, During the Middle of the Fourth Century Before the Christian Era.
Author:Abbé Jean-Jacques Barthélemy
Publisher:Published by Jacob Johnson & Co.,No. 147 Market Street, Philadelphia
Printers:William F. McLaughlin & R. Graves
Edition:First American Edition (1804)
Format:Complete 4-Volume Set, Octavo (approx. 5.75\" x 8.5\")OverviewUp for sale is the highly scarce and sought-after1804 First American Editionof Jean-Jacques Barthélemy’s landmark work. First published in France in 1788, this celebrated historical masterpiece recounts the fictional journey of a Scythian philosopher exploring ancient Greece during its golden age of freedom, philosophy, and democracy. This definitive early American set serves as a highly detailed educational textbook on the daily customs, laws, and culture of classical Athens.Condition Report

• Bindings:Bound in beautiful, original full contemporary sheep/calf leather. The bindings remain strong, tight, and square, exhibiting minor shelf wear, rubbing, and scuffing to the boards and spine edges commensurate with being over 220 years old.
• Interior & Pages:The text blocks are clean and remarkably firm. The pages show light, age-appropriate uniform toning and minor sparse foxing. Heavy age-toning/discoloration is isolated to the interior front and back endpapers as visible in the photos.
• Map:Features the highly desirable folding frontispiece map of Ancient Greece. The map is crisp with vibrant outline coloring, though it does contain a tear along the fold line as shown in the images.

• Historical Significance:This 1804 edition represents thevery first timethis massively influential work was printed in the United States. It was published by Jacob Johnson, a notable early American printer based in Philadelphia.
• Scarcity:Complete 4-volume sets of theFirst American Editionarevery scarceon the antiquarian market. Many surviving sets from this specific 1804 printing are either broken up, missing volumes, or completely lack the fragile fold-out map.
• The \"Map\" Premium:Having the original folding map present—even with a clean tear along the fold line—significantly elevates the value of this set.

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