ADAM DE FRIEDEL Lot n° 8

Les Grecs. Vingt Quatre Portraits des principaux chefs & figures les plus distingués de la Révolution grecque, 2 couvertures typographiques (en anglais et en français) conservées, 24 planches lithographiées, coloriées à la main, par Jules Bouvier d' après Friedel, légendes en anglais et en français, quelques rousseurs aux couvertures, reliure de l'époque en demi-cuir [Blackmer 633], folio (480 x 330mm.), London and Paris, Adam de Friedel, 1827 49 x 34 cm. The Greeks. Twenty-four Portraits of the Principal Leaders and Personages who Have Made Themselves Most Conspicuous in the Greek Revolution, 2 letterpress upper wrappers in English and French, 24 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Jules Bouvier after Friedel, captions in Eng-lish and French, wrappers lightly foxed, contemporary panelled calf gilt, worn [Blackmer 633], folio (480 x 330mm.), £6800-10000 Friedel's work - probably the most celebrated of those depicting the heroes of the Greek Revolution - first appeared in parts starting in 1824. According to Blackmer "as edition followed edition the portraits became more refined... [There were] two editions published in 1827, one with no background or an extremely simple one, the other with a complex background to each portrait". In the present copy, 13 plates have complex backgrounds, and 11 are simple. The work was issued without any letterpress except for the wrappers.