Phocion Roque - Topographie d'Athènes, D'après le colonel Leake - 1869

Charming original edition of this scholarly study that transposes and adapts in French the works of the renowned British officer and antiquarian William Martin Leake on the ancient city.

The work aims to precisely describe the geographical and monumental configuration of Athens, cross-referencing archaeological data, ancient literary testimonies, and modern observations.

Roque revisits Leake's analyses of the main sites — the Acropolis, the Areopagus, the Agora, the walls and gates, the sanctuaries, and the theaters — situating them within the urban landscape and linking them to classical sources (Pausanias, Thucydides, Plutarch).

The study highlights the continuity between the ancient topography and the visible remains in the 19th century, while emphasizing the transformations caused by the Byzantine and Ottoman centuries.

It illustrates the positivist method of the time: establishing a scholarly map of the city by combining philology, archaeology, and direct observation.

Phocion Roque - Topography of Athens, Based on Colonel Leake - 1869 - Henri Plon
XX-III-336 Pages.

Very good condition of the binding, book in its half green olive calfskin binding, with marbled paper boards in green sun, slight signs of use, rubbed edges and corners, gilt-edged pages, nicely decorated spine with raised bands, and gilded titling and author's name.

Good interior condition, browning, work enriched with numerous illustrations outside the text including frontispiece and fold-out plates, marbled endpapers in good condition.

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