pausanius 110 (1 risultati)

Condizione: Very Good. Publisher's device of palm tree on titlepage and as colophon at end. Octavo (16.5x10.5cm) blindstamped pig with roundels of heads and binding date 1577, [16]+802+[123]pp. Handwritten possibly contemporary 16th century inscription of Pausanius on spine, above 3 raised bands. Book has 2 functioning clasps. Initial pages have marks of former damp which becomes more faint from p13 onwards. 10 Chapters, 1 for each region of Greece covered by Pausanius: Attica, Corinthiaca, Laconica, Messenica, Eliacorum Prior, Eliacor Posterior, Achaica, Arcadica, Boeotica, Phocia. Despite foxing no loss of text. Translated by noted Latin translator and academic Romulus Amaseus in 1547. Amaseus`s own dedication page before title page to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (1520-1589), grandson of Pope Paul III. *More interested in historical, religious, and cultural sites than geographic elements, Pausanius includes extensive descriptions of Thebes, Olympia, and Delphi. Pausanius also notes passing the ruins of Mycenae, the creation of which he attributes to Perseus. Interest in this work increased in the 16th century, Amaseus`s first edt appeared in Rome in 1547, with the first Florentine edt appearing in 1551. 1 volume. Hardcover.