Antonides Theodore (Αντωνίδης Θεόδωρος): “OΛΥΜΠΙΑ dat is Olymp-speelen der GRIEKEN nageboost van der Romeinen uit Griekse schryvers opgehaalt door Theodorus Antonides “.Groningen 1732

First and only edition, small 4to 21x16cm,contemporary full vellum very slightly soiled ,title in red and black, complete [45],496p.,[48],text with some scattered slight browning, overall very good plus.

Theodore Antonides (Θεόδωρος Αντωνίδης ),1675-1745, came from a Flemish family claiming Byzantine descend from Morea and escaping after the Turkish conquest in the 15th century. This publication is the first ever comprehensive presentation of the Ancient Olympic Games, well before anyone could focus on them .Antonides who had held before a minister position in his local city, had been always passionate with the ancient Greek world and especially with the corporal and spiritual frame of the Olympic games .In this exhaustive study everything related with Olympia and the Olympic games has been carefully referred and investigated .Only three copies survive in public libraries worldwide, one in the library of International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne. A milestone for the Olympic movement worldwide and the Ancient Greek culture of Νους Υγιής εν Σώματι Υγιή.Extremely Rare.