The Description of Greece By Pausanias. Three Volumes Complete

      . Good 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. Translated from the Greek, with notes. Leather bound with gilt lettering to spines and cloth covered boards. Complete in three volumes and illustrated with 2 lovely folding maps and 5 engraved folding plates. One of the most important texts of classical antiquity, first published by Aldus in 1516. A second-century A.D. guidebook, in the form of a tour, through the Peloponese and northern Greece, and which is divided into ten books: 1. Attica and Megara. 2. Argolis, including Mycenae, Tiryns, and Epidaurus. 3. Laconia. 4. Messenia. 5-6. Elis, including Olympia; 7. Achaea. 8. Arcadia. 9. Boeotia. 10. Phocis, including Delphi. In each, Pausanias describes the historical sites, topography, and customs of the regions, often adding historical background information, bits of local folklore, and relating contemporary anecdotes. It is, however, in descriptions of monuments of ancient art and architecture that Pausanias excells, and which have made this a work of lasting importance. The bindings are tight and firm and all covers are firmly attached. There is some wear to the extremities, particularly to the spines which are chipped and rubbed. The cloth to the rear board of Vol. II is also damaged. Internally the books are clean and bright apart from some isolated spots. There are some worming holes to a number of the pages of Vol. I, which do affect the folding plates, though not the engravings themselves. The folding maps are hardly affected at all and are in good condition. There are also some very isolated worming holes to Vol. III. There is an ownership plate to the front paste down of all three volumes.