Prokesch von Osten Anton: Denkwurdigkeitn und Erinnerungen aus dem Orient (1824-25).Stuttgart 1836-37. FIRST and ONLY edition. In 8o, complete in 3 volumes in fine contemporary gren leather overs boards, a very nice binding,628p.,780p.,668p. text clear and bright, overall a fine set. Prokesch (1795-1876) was an Austrian military officer who has been sent, by Metternich, the Austrian Chancellor, as a spy in the Levant during Greek revolution. His mission was to gather first hand information. He was presented to the Greek revolutionary authorities as a foreign officer volunteer to fight with the Greeks. The appointment changed completely his career. He became an authority in the languages and peoples of the Levant and did several publications with widespread approval. Meanwhile his secrets reports to Vienna won him Meternich support who appointed him, later, as the first Austrian ambassador to independent Greece. This detailed and meticulous account of his travels in the Levant (published 12 years later) is his main publication. It has been praised as it is full of first hand eyewitness information for Greek revolution time. Not in Atabey or Blackmer.