Adam De Friedel
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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.)
Footnotes
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.
Cet oeuvre de Friedel – probablement le plus celebre parmi des portraits des héros de la Revolution de la Grèce – apparut en 1824. Selon 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 por-trait". Ici, on trouve 13 planches aux fonds detailés, et 11 aux fonds simples. L'oeuvre pa-rut sans texte typographique, sauf les couvertures qu'on manque souvent.