[Rarebooks] FS: Pausanias' description of ancient Greece. Florence: 1551

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Pausanias (“the traveller”). PAUSANIAE VETERIS GRAECIAE DESCRIPTIO. Romulus 
Amasaeus Vertit.... Florence: L. Torrentinus. 1551. Folio. 8,432,(78)pp. 
Index. Title within a fine ornamental woodcut border. Contemporary vellum, top of 
spine a bit chipped, outer corners rubbed. Title somewhat soiled and occasional 
light text foxing.     $1,250.00 (trade discount allowed)
A beautifully printed folio of this important early text (2nd century) on the 
description and geography of ancient Greece, one of the foundations of 
classical archaeology. Adams P524.

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