[HIRT, Alois.]

Götter und Heroen der Griechen und Römer. Nach alten Denkmälern bildlich dargestellt auf XLVII Tafeln nebst deren Erklärung.

Berlin, August Rücker, 1826. 4to, pp. 63, with 400 illustration on 47 engraved plates; title-page alittle soiled but a fine copy in contemporary half calf with marbled boards, modest gilt spine. First edition. The work is a kind of pictorial encyclopedia to ancient Greek and Roman mythology. The illustrations are chiefly taken from bas-reliefs, painted vases, coins and gems. At the end Hirt gives a useful dictionary of antiquarain mythological terms.Not in Borroni; no copy in RLIN or OCLC.

• GBP 475.00 > other currencies
• ordernr.: A252

• bookseller: Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (GREAT BRITAIN)