C.FAURIEL: Chants Populaires de la Grece Moderne recueillis et publies par C.Fauriel, I, Chants Historiques. Paris Firmin Didot 1824 First edition. In 8vo 22 x 14 cm, large uncut copy in original publisher’s paper covers, slightly rubbed. Text clean and bright. Complete: half title, title, [144], 306 p. A second volume was separately published in 1825. Text clean and bright, with very occasional spotting on a few pages. Overall in very good condition. A large collection of Greek popular songs, published in the original Greek with annotations and explanations.These publications of Greek popular songs are among the very first to appear in the spoken demotic Greek, a landmark for the Greek language. This detailed presentation of almost 500 pages was published by Firmin Didot in a strongly Philhellenic atmosphere during the Greek Revolution. References: Not in Atabey or Blackmer