Memoire sur le Char Funeraire qui Transporta de Babylone en Egypte Le Corps D'Alexandere, ou Projet de restitution de ce Monument, d'apres la description de Diodore de Sicile; Memoire sur Le Bucher D'Hephestion, decrit part Diodore de Sicile: et sur la maniere de restituer ce Monument dans un systeme tout-a-fait different de celui de M. de Caylus
by M. Quatremere de Quincy
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Spray, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paris, France: Memoires de Litteratures, 1808. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Exceedingly scarce in the trade, and available in only a small handful of academic libraries. Two articles, mostly in French but with snippets in Greek, published seemingly in First Edition state, and in structurally sound, attractive condition, having been disbound from a larger volume comprising contributions to the Memoires de Litteratures, a premiere social sciences and humanities journal founded in France by Armand-Gaston Camus in the 1790s. The first Memoire is pp. 315-394, still solidly together, string from binding slightly loose, with only mild sunning along edges of the rag paper, light foxing even lighter soiling thereto, else clean, unmarked. The 12-panel, laid in illustration at rear is titled "Plan et coupe du char funeraire qui transporta le corps d'Alexandre de Babylon en Egypte" (D'apres la description de Deorde de Sicile)." The Second Memoir is from pp. 395-456 and attached to which, tipped in, is another lovely rendering in black and white of an architectural drawing. Then laid in is a six-panel, three-fold, quite arrestingly beautiful illustration of an imagined funeral memorial or eventual mausoleum of Alexander the Great, being drawn on wheels to and throughout Egypt and Babylon by a legion of horses, titled "Restitutiton de la char funeraire qui transporta, de corps d'Alexander du Babylon en Egypte." Both texts ever so slightly wavy, but not from damp-staining, and the rag paper smells great. Else and withal, a lovely, scarce, intriguing set of articles about French appreciation for the classics and especially Alexander the Great. Fine and provocative illustrations.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 348117
- Title
- Memoire sur le Char Funeraire qui Transporta de Babylone en Egypte Le Corps D'Alexandere, ou Projet de restitution de ce Monument, d'apres la description de Diodore de Sicile; Memoire sur Le Bucher D'Hephestion, decrit part Diodore de Sicile: et sur la maniere de restituer ce Monument dans un systeme tout-a-fait different de celui de M. de Caylus
- Author
- M. Quatremere de Quincy
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Memoires de Litteratures
- Place of Publication
- Paris, France
- Date Published
- 1808
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Quatremere de Quincy|Alexander the Great|French language|Ancient Greece|archaeology|Greek language|funerary|mausoleum|funeral pyre|memorial|crypt
Terms of Sale
Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
Thank you for your purchase. In addition to the fact that you can make purchases through biblio.com by the usual means of credit cards (e.g., Visa, Mastercard, and American Express), we are more than happy to arrange payment by means of check, bank draft, and PayPal. Dealers may ask for terms, absolutely.
About the Seller
Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
Biblio member since 2005
Spray, Oregon
About Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
Occasionally rare, frequently scarce, always fine, or is that Fine? Structure, Verses, Agency Books specializes in the fine arts (painting, the decorative arts, photography, sculpture, Jewish art and artists, art history, art movements), but also carries fine antiquarian tomes, works in the French language, Western Americana, poetry, the social sciences, and some modern first editions. We also selectively purchase books and collections thereof. We also offer appraisals and advice about library-building. We also offer a book-of-the-month club, called Once Upon a Tome. Ask about a subscription thereto. Thanks!
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...