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Makriyannis, General—Zographos, Panayotis.
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description
- Histoire picturale de la guerre de l'indépendance hellénique. Geneva: Editions d'Art Boissonnas, and Paris: Jean Budry & Cie, [1926]
first edition, number 70 of 140 copies, oblong folio (515 x 665mm.), 26 coloured facsimile plates after Zographos (24 only called for, see footnote), with a livraison of descriptive text by Frédéric Boissonnas and Johannes Gennadius in printed wrappers and containing three photogravure plates, together housed in a large portfolio with printed label showing the Greek flag on upper cover, binding worn
Literature
not in Blackmer (but included in the sale of his books)
Catalogue Note
The work is a facsimile of the celebrated series of paintings commissioned by General Makriyannis sometime during the 1830s from the painter Panayotis Zographos. The subjects vividly depict episodes from the Greek War of Independence, the last being a memorial list of philhellenes active in Greece during the war. This copy has all 24 numbered plates, and in addition there are 2 extra examples of plate no.2 with different colouring.