Geography of the ancient Greeks
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Author: Gossellin, Pascal François Joseph
Title: Géographie des Grecs analysée; ou les systêmes d'Eratosthenes, de Strabon et de Ptolémée comparés entre eux et avec nos connoissances modernes
Place Published: Paris
Publisher:De l'Imprimerie de Didot
Date Published: 1790
Description:
Author: Gossellin, Pascal François Joseph
Title: Géographie des Grecs analysée; ou les systêmes d'Eratosthenes, de Strabon et de Ptolémée comparés entre eux et avec nos connoissances modernes
Place Published: Paris
Publisher:De l'Imprimerie de Didot
Date Published: 1790
Description:
[8], 148 pp., VIII tables, xxvii, [5] pp. + 10 copper-engraved maps (9 of them folding). (4to) 28.8x20.5 cm (11¼x8"), 19th century quarter morocco & boards, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.
Analysis of the geographical knowledge of the ancient Greeks undertaken by Gossellin for a contest set by the French Academie Royale des Inscriptions. The ten maps are particularly interesting for comparing and contrasting the geographical ideas of the major ancient geographers, notably Erastothenes, Strabo and Ptolemy.
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Some rubbing and wear to covers; some marginal staining and a little foxing within; very good.
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