Prokesch-Osten, Anton Franz.

first edition, 3 volumes, 12mo (175 x 116mm.), later boards with original printed wrappers trimmed and pasted on sides

Donaueschingen library, inkstamp; The Ottoman World, sale in these rooms, 30 May 2002, lot 1546 (one of the supplementary books, see lot 153)

Weber I, 241; not in Blackmer or Atabey

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Prokesch-Osten travelled extensively in Greece and Asia Minor and later in Egypt. He is said by some sources to have been a spy in the Austrian service during the Greek War of Independence. This work was edited by Ernst Münch from the letters exchanged between Prokesch-Osten and the deceased Julius Schneller.