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PAUSANIAS. Descrittione della Grecia, di Pausania. Nella quale si contiene l'origine di essa, il sito, le cittá, la religione antica, i costumi, & le guerre fatte da que' popoli. In sieme co' monti, laghi, fiumi, fontane, minere, statue, colossi, tempij, & tutte le cose maraugliose, che l'hanno illustrata. Tradotta dal Greco in volgare dal. s. Alfonso Nonacciuoli... Mantova (per Francesco Osanna) 1593.

Small 4:o (217x154 mm.). Title within figurative woodcut border, woodcut initials.
New vellum, red edges. Title and first two leaves with some dampstaining. Minor foxing. Some pages slightly browned.

First edition of Pausanias' Greek text in Italian.
Pausanias (c. AD 110 - c. 180), Greek traveler and geographer of the 2nd century AD, who lived in the times of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. He is famous for his Description of Greece (????d?? pe?????s?? = Hellados Periegesis), a lengthy work that describes ancient Greece from firsthand observations, and is a crucial link between classical literature and modern archaeology. (Wikipedia).
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
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Auktionsnummer:

6198

Datum:

2015-06-16

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