Finding Atlantis: A True Story of Genius, Madness, and an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost World.
New York: Harmony Books, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. x + 310pp. Cream spine over black cloth boards, red titling to spine, b&w frontis, b&w illustrations and a few colour illustrations, end note. Stated first edtiion. From the publisher: "In 1679, Renaissance man Olof Rudbeck stunned the world. He proposed that an ancient lost civilization once thrived in the far north of his native Sweden: the fabled Atlantis. Rudbeck would spend the last thirty years of his life hunting for the evidence that would prove this extraordinary theory. Rudbeck combined the reasoning of Sherlock Holmes with the daring of Indiana Jones. He excavated what he thought was the acropolis of Atlantis, retraced the journeys of classical heroes, opened countless burial mounds, and consulted rich collections of manuscripts and artifacts. He eventually published his findings in a 2,500-page tome titled Atlantica, a remarkable work replete with heroic quests, exotic lands, and fabulous creatures. Three hundred years later, the story of Rudbeck’s adventures appears in English for the first time." Just a bare hint of shelfwear and handling otherwise the book appears "as new" - thus near Fine condition in near Fine dust jacket. (Dust jacket is a little shelf-rubbed and has a couple of light scratches, now protected by removable mylar cover). Item #72184
ISBN: 1400047528
Sold