Kolbe & Fanning

Auction 169  –  17 February 2024

Kolbe & Fanning, Auction 169

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Sa, 17.02.2024, from 6:00 PM CET
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Description

Modern Atlas to Antiquity, with Directory

Talbert, Richard J.A. [editor]. BARRINGTON ATLAS OF THE GREEK AND ROMAN WORLD. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2000. Folio [46.5 by 33.5 cm], original linen-backed russet cloth; cover and spine labels lettered in gilt; jacket. Approximately 280 pages, including 102 full-color maps. Disk included in pocket affixed to rear pastedown. Near fine. [with] albert, Richard J.A. [editor]. BARRINGTON ATLAS OF THE GREEK AND ROMAN WORLD. MAP-BY-MAP DIRECTORY. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2000. Two volumes, complete. 4to, original brown cloth, gilt. (4), xxi, (1), 746, (4) + (4), xxi, (1), 747–1383, (7) pages. Near fine. An exceptional work, widely considered the finest modern atlas of the ancient Greek and Roman lands. Of tremendous utility. While the main atlas volume includes much supplementary and expository information, the Map-by-Map Directory is an exhaustive key to the Atlas, with impressive cross-referencing of sources.

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