Jourdain, [Jean Philippe Paul]

Estimate

700 - 1,000 GBP

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Description

Mémoires historiques et militaires sur les événements de la Grèce, depuis 1822, jusqu'au combat de Navarin. Paris: Brissot-Thivars, 1828

first edition, 8vo (200 x 120mm.), half-titles, folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline, 5 lithographed plates, 2 folding, contemporary boards rebacked to style, vol.2 spotted, vol.1 less so, binding rebacked

Literature

Blackmer 890; Contominas 351 (incomplete); Droulia 1557-8

Catalogue Note

This work is by the philhellene Jourdain, who was involved in the Knights of Malta scandal, whereby the Knights, in return for their assistance to the Greeks, would regain sovereignty of Rhodes and other parts of the Ottoman empire.