Lot 00147 |
EUGENE YEMENIZ:VOYAGE DANS LE ROYAUME DE GRECE. PARIS 1854
First edition, in 8vo, contemporary leather over boards, complete 387p., text clean and bright,edges marbled, overall in very good condition
Yemeniz was of Greek descend and French consul in athens,he blends travel writing with cultural observations of the young Greek state.. He travelled widely over Greece and wrote with a deep Philhellenic sentiment.Each chapter cover a specific area of Greece, seems that the account is a blend of several travels all around Greece from his base in Athens during the early 1850s. Very detailed and accurate descriptions of the Greek countryside of the mid 19th century.