April 12, 2024
1875 Antique Book - Troy and its Remains Heinrich Schliemann 1st Eng ed w/ Maps
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The title page reads in part : "Troy and its Remains: A Narrative of Researches and Discoveries made on the site of Ilium and in the Trojan Plain. By Dr. Henry Schliemann, Translated with the Author's Sanction.Edited by Philip Smith, B.A. With Map, Plans, Views and Cuts, Representing 500 Objects of Antiquity Discovered on the Site. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. New YOrk: Scribner, Welford and Armstrong. 1875." 1st English edition. (1st printing was in German in 1875 "Troja und seine ".) It is 8vo (9 X 6 inches); hardcover; maroon cloth on boards with gilt titles on spine & gilt stamped decorations on boards; boards worn & rubbed; spine end frayed; small repaired tear on top right edge of spine cover; spine cover worn & faded; corners worn; boards securely attached; minor scattered foxing throughout; text block tight; 373 pages + 52 plates & maps. Well illustrated, with numerous illustrations within text and 52 plates and 3 fold-outs, frontispiece. Heinrich Schliemann (6 January 1822 – 26 December 1890) was a German businessman and a pioneer of field archaeology. He was an advocate of the historical reality of places mentioned in the works of Homer. Schliemann was an archaeological excavator of Hissarlik, now presumed to be the site of Troy, along with the Mycenaean sites Mycenae and Tiryns. His work lent weight to the
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