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}}[[File:GuysVoyageLitteraireGrece1783FrontispieceV1.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece, volume one.</center>]]This is a compilation of letters penned by Pierre-Augustin Guys (1721-1799). Although originally written in French, the book has also been translated to English. It was one of the first writings to show a favorable image of the Greeks; Guys believed they had been scorned only because people were not taking the time to study them sufficiently.<ref>Olga Augustinos, ''French Odysseys: Greece in French Travel Literature from the Renaissance to the Romantic Era'' (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994), 156.</ref> Guys believed that the best way to understand Ancient Greece was to study the Modern Greeks.<ref>Konstantinos Andriotis, “Early Travellers to Greece and their Modern Counterparts” (paper presented at the Tourist Experiences: Meanings, Motivations, Behaviours, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK, April 1-4, 2009).</ref> | }}[[File:GuysVoyageLitteraireGrece1783FrontispieceV1.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece, volume one.</center>]]This is a compilation of letters penned by Pierre-Augustin Guys (1721-1799). Although originally written in French, the book has also been translated to English. It was one of the first writings to show a favorable image of the Greeks; Guys believed they had been scorned only because people were not taking the time to study them sufficiently.<ref>Olga Augustinos, ''French Odysseys: Greece in French Travel Literature from the Renaissance to the Romantic Era'' (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994), 156.</ref> Guys believed that the best way to understand Ancient Greece was to study the Modern Greeks.<ref>Konstantinos Andriotis, “Early Travellers to Greece and their Modern Counterparts” (paper presented at the Tourist Experiences: Meanings, Motivations, Behaviours, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK, April 1-4, 2009).</ref> | ||
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Bound in full calf marble with richly adorned spine. Title page and volume number in red and green morocco. Purchased from Librairie Herodote.<br /> | Bound in full calf marble with richly adorned spine. Title page and volume number in red and green morocco. Purchased from Librairie Herodote.<br /> | ||
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| − | Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/albums/72157637876811066/ available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [ | + | Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/albums/72157637876811066/ available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [https://wm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01COWM_INST/g9pr7p/alma991023617759703196 William & Mary's online catalog.] |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Latest revision as of 08:42, 23 May 2024
by M. Guys
| Voyage Littéraire de la Grèce | |
 Title page from Voyage Littéraire de la Grèce, volume one, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary. | |
| Author | Pierre-Augustin Guys |
| Published | Paris: Veuve Duchesne |
| Date | 1783 |
| Edition | Third edition, revised, corrected |
| Language | French |
| Volumes | 4 volume set |
| Desc. | 8vo (21 cm.) |
| Location | Shelf C-1 |
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as Voyages de la Grece 4.v. 8vo. de Guys and given by Thomas Jefferson to his son-in-law, Thomas Mann Randolph. Later appears on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "'Guy's Letters on Greece' (4 vols., $2.50 value)." Both George Wythe's Library[3] on LibraryThing and the Brown Bibliography[4] identify this entry as the 1783 (third) edition. Barbara Dean listed this edition in her bibliography[5] and Jefferson sold the same edition to the Library of Congress.[6] Based on the evidence of these sources, the Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the third edition.
Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
Bound in full calf marble with richly adorned spine. Title page and volume number in red and green morocco. Purchased from Librairie Herodote.
Images of the library's copy of this book are available on Flickr. View the record for this book in William & Mary's online catalog.
See also
References
External Links
Read volume one of this book in Google Books.
