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Published by Pantheon Books Inc., 1959
Seller: Orca Knowledge Systems, Inc., Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Unread. No markings in book. DJ with a 1" tear on top back and shelfwear to top edges. As a preface to the archaeological results of the excavation of the Sanctuary of the Great Gods, Naphtali Lewis provides an account of the ancient literary texts, both classical and Byzantine, relating to the island of Samothrace and its cult down to the 6th century A.D. The texts are given in the original language with translations and critical apparatus. Contains xiv + abbreviations and symbols list + 148 pages + catalog, with a photo of the sanctuary and an ancient map of Samothrace, bound in burgundy cloth, with gold labels, in dust jacket. The "foundation" of this series of archaeological reports on one of the most important ancient Mediterranean sites.
Published by Pantheon Books for Bollingen Foundation Inc, New York, 1958
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Quarto. Bollingen Series LX.1. Pp. xiv, [2], 148, [2]. Title in red and black, photographic frontispiece. Publisher's cloth, d/w (a little soiled, with short closed tear and a couple of nicks along top edge), previous owner's inscription partially erased on front flyleaf, but generally a very good copy. *As a preface to the archaeological results of the excavation of the Sanctuary of the Great Gods, Naphtali Lewis provides an account of the ancient literary texts, both classical and Byzantine, relating to the island of Samothrace and its cult down to the 6th century A.D. The texts are given in the original language with translations and critical apparatus.