Crait+Muller Charenton-Vincennes
570
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[Greece] – [Chaussard, Pierre-Jean-Baptiste].
See original version (French)
570
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[Greece] – [Chaussard, Pierre-Jean-Baptiste].
See original version (French)
Estimate €80 - €120
Voluntary lot
Description
[Greece] – [Chaussard, Pierre-Jean-Baptiste]. – Festivals and Courtesans of Greece. A supplement to the Travels of Anacharsis and Antenor. Comprising: 1. The Religious Chronicle of the Ancient Greeks, A Picture of their Public Customs; 2°. The Chronicle which some may call scandalous, A Picture of their Private Customs; 3°. An Athenian Almanac; 4°. A Description of Greek Dances, etc. Fourth edition, revised and corrected… Paris, available from leading booksellers, 1821. Two in-8 volumes bound in black half-basane with smooth spines, title and volume number gilded – spines worn, scattered foxing on the engravings – [2 ff.], civ, 544 pp.; [2 ff.], 435 pp.; [2 ff.], 381 pp.; [2 ff.], xii, 464 pp. Illustrated with 4 frontispieces after Garnerey, engraved by Robert de Launay, 6 music plates, 1 folding plate engraved ‘Planisphere of the Labours of Hercules’, 5 folding plates and 1 single plate after Garnerey, engraved by Robert de Launay, Willemin and Garnerey the Younger, and a folding illustration entitled ‘Worship of the Sun’.
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About the sale
Sale of antique and modern books
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Auction time
10/01/2026 at 10:00 AM
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