In the Footsteps of Orpheus: The story of the finding and identification of the lost entrance to Hades, the Oracle of the Dead, the River Styx and the Infernal Regions of the Greeks
PAGET, R.F.
Published by Roy Publishers, New York, 1967
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8vo. Terra cotta paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 208pp. Illustrations, maps, plans. Near fine/very good. Jacket lightly rubbed and edgeworn, with several tiny chips at corners. Attractive and tight first edition of this account of doing for Virgil's "Aeneid" for Heinrich Schliemann did for Homer's Troy -- locating the actual physical site, a crater west of Naples -- that served as the poet's inspiration. Seller Inventory # 49354
Bibliographic Details
Title: In the Footsteps of Orpheus: The story of ...
Publisher: Roy Publishers, New York
Publication Date: 1967
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition
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