[Krazeisen, Karl.

first edition, 7 parts in one volume, folio (520 x 395mm.), 28 lithographed plates by Selb, Hess and others after Krazeisen, most on india paper, lithographed map printed on blue paper, 14 pages of text in German and French, contemporary green half morocco, red morocco label, somewhat spotted, binding very slightly rubbed

Blackmer 926; Droulia 1426-1429; Lipperheide 1447

Published in parts between 1828 and 1831 the work contains 21 portraits and 7 views or scenes. Krazeisen accompanied von Heideck and the Bavarian philhellenes to Greece in 1826 where he served as a junior officer. The portraits are amongst the best-known of the leaders of the War of Independence and are frequently reproduced. The original drawings are preserved in the National Gallery, Athens.