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DESCRIPTION OF GREECE PAUSANIAS. Pausaniae...

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[DESCRIPTION OF GREECE] PAUSANIAS. Pausaniae Veteris Graeciae descriptio. Romulus Amasaeus vertit []. Florentiae: L. Torrentinus excudebat, 1551. In-folio, 8-432 pp. and index. Bound in later half-basin, smooth spine, gilt pallets, red title page, vellum corners. Dedication epistle, Romae, 1547, engraved title. Beautiful edition printed by Lorenzo Torrentino (1499-1563), one of the best Florentine printers of the 16th century. The description of Greece by Pausanias is an important testimony on Greece in Roman times. Worn binding, spine split, spine glued back, fresh interior, note qq. marginal notes in pencil.