BARTHELEMY, J.J, (Abbe), “VOYAGE DU JEUNE ANACHARSIS EN GRECE Dans le milieu du quatrième siècle avant l’ère vulgaire”, a Paris, chez de Bure, MDCCLXXXIX [1789]. 2nd Edition, Set of nine (9) volumes, in 16mo, Tome 1: p. 384+1 folded plate, Tome 2: p. 396, Tome 3: p. 388, Tome 4: p. 372, Tome 5: p. 412, Tome 6: p. 377, Tome 7: p. 404, Tome 8: p. 420, Tome 9: p. 284. Without Atlas volume. Folded map on Tome Premier, entitled: "La Grece et ses Isles pour le Voyage du Jeune Ancharsis, par M. Barbie Dubocage aout 1788". Barthélemy studied the works of Greek and Roman authors and meticulously annotated on his maps the information he extracted. He relied too on the well-documented investigations that J. Foucherot and M.G.F.A. Choiseul-Gouffier had made on the spot, thus complementing his fictional work with accurate representations of the most important locations and battlefields. Printed also, on an emblematic date, for this initiatory and philosophical journey, it is quite pleasant this concordance with the French revolution. Thus it became a best-seller of the time, and was republished repeatedly into the nineteenth century. Contemporary half leather binding (spine and corners) with black leather labels in gilt on spines; marbled carton boards. Worn along external edges and joints, interior of text volumes with just occasional spotting, otherwise clean and tight. Good Copy.