Madame BALTHASARD DE LA FERRIÈRE
La Grèce ancienne et moderne, depuis les temps primitifs jusqu'au règne du roi Othon, actuellement régnant, en 1844. A l'usage de la jeunesse[Ancient and Modern Greece, from the Earliest Times to the Reign of King Otto, Now Reigning, in 1844. For the Use of Young Readers]
R. Pornin & Cie • Lehuby|Tours • Paris 1845|13.5 x 21.6 cm|Relié
First edition of this rare work. Several states are known: without any plates, not even the engraved title-frontispiece (the extremely rare deluxe issue); with the engraved title bearing the same imprint as the printed title (Tours, R. Pornin et Cie); and, finally, with the Paris, Lehuby imprint (as in the present copy).
The following explanation may be proposed: the Tours publisher Pornin reserved a small portion of the edition, without the engraved material, for the author's friends. The remainder was shared with the Paris publisher Lehuby, a specialist in children's books, who ensured its wider distribution.
The work is illustrated with a frontispiece and two steel-engraved...
€500