RAFFENEL (Charles-Denis). Histoire complète des évènemens de - Lot 51

RAFFENEL (Charles-Denis). Histoire complète des évènemens de la Grèce, depuis les premiers troubles jusqu'à ce jour. Paris, Dondey-Dupré Père et Fils, 1825. 3 vol. in-8, [3] f., XLVI-454 p. + [2] f., 463 p. + [2] f., 434 p., contemporary green half calf, 4 ribbed spine, author, title, tomaison, gilded fillets, friezes and decoration, cold fillets and fleurons, speckled edges (spines sunned; rare scattered russets). Second edition. 4 engraved portrait plates. Without folding map. Initially attached to one of the French consulates in the Levant, the author harbored Turcophile sentiments, which he expressed in his periodical Le Spectateur oriental. His opinions then evolved, and in 1826 he enlisted under General Fabvier, commander of an expeditionary corps in Greece. He died in 1827 after the siege of Athens. (Blackmer 1376; Droulia, Philhellénisme, 765-766 and 777).