ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΙΔΗΣ (DIMITRIOS ALEXANDRIDIS) ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΣ ΠΡΩΤΗΣ ΚΑΤΑΒΟΛΗΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΩΝ ΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΩΝ ΑΧΡΙ ΤΗΣ ΑΛΩΣΕΩΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛΕΩΣ ΥΠΟ ΤΩΝ ΟΘΩΜΑΝΩΝ (HISTORY OF GREECE). ΒΙΕΝΝΗ (VIENNA) 1807 Second enlarged edition,in 8vo,complete in three volumes,contemporary full leather,binding of volume one with wear at edges of spine and covers, text clean and bright, around ten pages in the very beginning of volume one with a marginal small mark at the upper edge, most probably by wine or ink,with the fine two big (38x37cm) folded maps of Greece (the very first maps of Greece ever printed entirely in Greek by a Greek after the famous Rigas Charta ), without the map of Asia in volume two, overall in very good condition. It was printed in Vienna, which was the intellectual center for the Greek diaspora at the time. This work is not an entirely original narrative but is actually a translation and adaptation of the highly popular History of Greece by the Anglo-Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith. Alexandridis was a physician and scholar from Tirnavos. He was a key figure in bringing Western European historical and scientific knowledge to the Greek-speaking world before the 1821 Revolution. A very influential Greek figure of the Enlightenment. Written in a scholarly form of Greek, the book aimed to educate Greeks about their glorious ancient past to foster a sense of national identity. In the preface, Alexandridis explicitly connects the virtues of ancient Greeks to the potential of the modern nation. He did not just translate Goldsmith; he added his own notes, maps, and commentary, making it more relevant to a Greek audience. The included two folded maps of Greece (map of Modern Greece and map of Ancient Greece) are a milestone of Greek cartography (Tolias 82 for the map of Ancient Greece, no reference for the other one).They represent Alexandridis clear image and political aim of transition from the glory past to the present,always the nation present in the same geographical area. They are the very first obtainable maps of Greece, in Greek, designed and printed by a Greek