RENNELL, James.- The Geographical system of Herodotus, examined and explained, by a comparison with those of other ancient authors, and with modern geography.
Estimation :
100 / 120
Adjudication :
180 €
Description
London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1800. In-4°: [2 incl. portrait-20]-766-[2] pp.; 11 maps (10 folding) (slightly browned, frontispice detached). Contemporary binding: brown calf, flat spine (front panel detached, spine damaged with small loss). FIRST EDITION of this work on ancient geography including maps of the Mediterranean, Near-East and Africa by the engraver of the Admiralty John Walker. Particularly popular with contemporary readers. Renell (1742-1830), a military surveyor of the navy, tried to reconcile ancient geography with knowledge from modern discoveries. With 2 world maps according to Herodotus, maps of Western Scythia, Hellespont, Bosporus, Babylon, Egypt, Memphis, Libya, the circumnavigation of Africa by the Egyptians under Pharaoh Necho II (610-595 BC) and the voyage of Hanno the Navigator (500 BC).
# Tooley III-33.
Édition originale de ce traité de géographie ancienne par un arpenteur militaire anglais (ex. faiblement bruni). Pl. veau de l'ép. (plat sup. détaché, coiffe sup. abîmée).
# Tooley III-33.
Édition originale de ce traité de géographie ancienne par un arpenteur militaire anglais (ex. faiblement bruni). Pl. veau de l'ép. (plat sup. détaché, coiffe sup. abîmée).
