Jeanne Stephanopoli: Les Iles de l Egee leurs Privileges avec documents et notes statistiques.Athenes 1912 First edition,in 8vo modern leather over boards,ex libris of the Manoir de Roncheville and the famous Petritzi collection in front past down,text clean and bright,complete and in very good condition.One very detailed scientific account on the Aegean Islands published in Athens to promote their special status and Greek heritage just few months before the Balkan war and their incorporation in Greece.Stephanopoli was a Greek French journalist and scholar,she was a fierce supporter of the Megali Idea and one of the very first ladies that studied in Athens University.She meticulously documents the privileges granted to various islands (as Chios,Samos and the Dodecanese ),these were special autonomous rights regarding taxation,self governance and religious freedom.The book is highly valued for its statistical notes,very precious regarding population,trade and economy of the islands at the early 20th century