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GREECE - LANGUAGE
Atakta, 5 vol. bound in 7 (as published), FIRST EDITION, Paris, K. Everartou. Se trouve chez F. Didot, père et fils F. Didot, 1828-1835

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GREECE - LANGUAGE

Atakta, 5 vol. bound in 7 (as published), FIRST EDITION, text in Greek (excepting final index volume in Greek and French), dampstaining and browning, rodent damage to blank upper fore-corner of one volume (not touching text), a few colour pencil underlinings and corrections (?probably by Philip Argenti), contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards, gilt lettered "Atakta" on spines, rubbed, 8vo, Paris, K. Everartou. Se trouve chez F. Didot, père et fils F. Didot, 1828-1835

Footnotes

"A five-volume collection of material entitled Atakta (1828–35) [which] includes a critical edition of Byzantine vernacular poems and a total of more than 1500 pages containing lists of about 8000 Modern Greek words with comments on their etymology and usage" (Peter Mackridge, Language and National Identity in Greece, 1766-1976, 2009). Koraes (1748-1833), founder of the Library at Chios, was instrumental in the movement towards Greek Independence, whose "advocacy of a revived classicism laid the intellectual foundations for the Greek struggle for independence. His influence on modern Greek language and culture was enormous" (Britannica).

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