BORY DE SAINT –VINCENT:COLLECTION DES RESUMES GEOGRAPHIQUES, RESUME GEOGRAPHIQUE DE LA GRECE ET DE LA TURQUIE D EUROPE. PARIS 1826 First edition, in small 8vo, publishers original papercovers, complete 616p. and one folded map of Greece, detached, text clean and bright, overall in very good condition. Bory de Saint Vincent was a brilliant naturalist and military officer that knew well Greece and the area. He will lead later the French expedition in Morea. It is a clear scientific book of geography and history of a country that existed only in poems and travel account. It is the very first time in a semi official publication that a country with the name Greece appear.Up to 1826 most of European countries denied the existence of a Greek state. It includes observations on the vegetation, agriculture and the islands. As a military Bory analyzed the passes and fortresses that were currently being fought by the Greek rebels and the Ottomans. A very detailed presentation of Greek areas in 1826.