Printed by Imprimerie de J. Didot Aîné, Rue du Pont-de-Lode, No. 6. Complete in seven volumes plus atlas. 453; 488; 462, [1]; 474, [1]; 467, [1]; 425, [1]; 438 printed pages, plus half-title and title page to each volume, all in French. Each volume with an original yellow silk place-marker. Very light sporadic foxing. Atlas volume: 4 folding engraved maps with hand-coloured highlights, 7 engraved maps, 1 folding engraved plan, 9 engraved plans, 7 views designed and engraved by Ambroise Tardieu, 9 engraved plates, most with original tissue guards. Very light occasional spotting. A few creases with short closed tears. Inner gilt dentelles, anthemion, and trefoil scrolled gilt hand-tooling. All edges gilt. Spanish marbled endpapers. Each volume 147 x 225 mm. Atlas volume 350 x 250 mm. Contemporary uniform full calf embossed bindings, the tail of volume one signed in gilt 'MAITRE' and similar in style to the fine Paris bookbindings of René/Alphonse Simier of the same period; spines in compartments with quintuple gilt horizontally ruled raised bands; compartments with blind and gilt ornately gothic decoration, with gilt titling and volume numbers; covers lavishly blind tooled with roccoco centre-pieces, corner-pieces and scrolling borders together with triple gilt filet borders. Every volume has some small rubbed and worn areas and a few small worm-holes. Some hinges cracked but still holding firm. Notwithstanding any condition issues, this set has a noticeable stature and fine quality, with an original and impressive period appearance.
Jean Jacques Barthélemy (1716-1795), also known as Abbé Barthélemy, was a French writer, and numismatist who was inspired by a journey to Italy to write a novel whose main protagonist was a young Scythian in the ancient Greek world of the fourth century B.C. The work became a best-seller, and remained in print throughout the nineteenth century. He supplemented this fiction with the research carried out by J. Foucherot and M.G.F.A. Choiseul-Gouffier with accurate battle plans, maps and drawings by Barbié de Bocage. Barthélemy died at the age of 80, while working on the fourth edition of Jeune Anacharsis en Grèce.
OCLC, 645174141.
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