Xenos, Stefanos.

Estimate

500 - 700 GBP

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Description

East and West, a diplomatic history of the annexation of the Ionian Islands to the Kingdom of Greece. London: Trübner & Co., 1865

first edition, 8vo (258 x 170mm.), original cloth gilt, partly unopened, rebacked retaining original spine, covers slightly discoloured

Provenance

Henry Blackmer, book label

Literature

Blackmer 1850 (this copy)

Catalogue Note

presentation copy, inscribed by Theodore Xenos, the author's father. Over two-thirds of the work is devoted to original source material described on the title as "despatches exchanged between the Greek government and its plenipotentiary at London and a collection of the principal treaties, conventions and protocals, concerning the Ionian Islands and Greece, concluded between 1797 and 1864".