Item #75700 THE PLAIN OF TROY DESCRIBED: and the Identity of the Ilium of Homer with the New Ilium of Strabo Proved, by Comparing the Poet's Narrative with the Present Topography. Charles Maclaren, F. R. S. E.
THE PLAIN OF TROY DESCRIBED: and the Identity of the Ilium of Homer with the New Ilium of Strabo Proved, by Comparing the Poet's Narrative with the Present Topography

THE PLAIN OF TROY DESCRIBED: and the Identity of the Ilium of Homer with the New Ilium of Strabo Proved, by Comparing the Poet's Narrative with the Present Topography

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. A thoroughly revised and expanded version of the author's Dissertation on the Topography of the Plain of Troy (1822). Scottish journalist and geologist Charles Maclaren (1782-1866) was the first person to successfully identify the mound of Hisarlik in Turkey as the location of the lost city of Troy, despite never having visited the region. His theory was based to an extent on observations by the Cambridge professor of mineralogy Edward Daniel Clarke and his assistant John Martin Cripps, and later confirmed through archaeological excavations conducted by Frank Calvert and Heinrich Schliemann. Octavo: xviii, [2], 224 p. with 3 folding topographic maps and 12 woodcuts. Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt stamping. The printed name of Paul Naiditch, former Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at UCLA, appears on the front flyleaf, with the bookplate of Christopher Nicolson, County of Meath, on the front pastedown. The spine is moderately sun faded, with a bit of wear to the corners and tips; otherwise very good. Very good. Item #75700

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