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Pouqueville, F. C. H. L. Voyage en Morée, à Constantinople, en Albanie, et dans plusieurs autres parties de l'Empire Othoman, pendant les années 1798, 1799, 1800 et 1801. 3 Bde. Paris, Gabon, 1805. (19,5:13 cm). Mit 2 gest. Front., 1 gefalt. Kupfertafel, 2 gefalt. Kupferkarten u. 1 gefalt. Tabelle. Hldr. d. Zt. mit Rvg. u. 2 Rsch., 1 Rücken oben gering eingerissen, 1 mit kl. Fehlstelle. Blackmer 1344; Contominas 575; Griep-Luber 1105. - Erste Ausgabe. "This work is first and probably the best of all Pouqueville's books on Greece ... (he) had joined the French expedition to Egypt ... On his return to Italy in 1798 he was captured by privateers... He was imprisoned at Tripolis for then months and later was taken to Constantinople ... he studied modern Greek and, mingling with the Greeks, was able to make notes on his observations" (B.). "Important work which was tremendous success in France and gained for Pouqueville his appointment as French consul to the court of Ali Pasha in 1805" (C.). Die Tafeln mit Trachtendarstellungen und einer Teilansicht aus Konstantinopel, die Karten sind Umgebungskarten von Tripoli und Ioannina. - Vereinzelt gering fleckig; Bd. 1 zu Beginn mit Wasserfleck (auch Front.). First edition. 2 vols. With 2 engraved front., 1 folding engr. plate and 2 folding engr. maps. - Minor staining here and there, waterstain at the beginning of vol. 1 (affecting front., too). Contemporary half-calf gilt, small tear to 1 spine, small flaw to another.