FRENCH COLLECTION

Original issue of EN GRÈCE, an official Greek state tourism publication intended for foreign audiences, dating to the late 1930s–early 1940s (pre-war period).

Published under the Sous-Secrétariat d’État pour la Presse et le Tourisme, this magazine represents an early effort by the Greek state to promote the country internationally, prior to the post-war tourism boom.

The publication is entirely in French and combines cultural, archaeological, and travel content, presenting Greece through its antiquities, landscapes, and traditional costumes. It includes both photographic material and artistic illustrations.

Details

• Title: EN GRÈCE
• Type: Tourism magazine / cultural publication
• Language: French
• Publisher: Greek State (Press & Tourism Department)
• Period: circa late 1930s–early 1940s (pre-war)
• Format: Illustrated magazine

Dimensions

24 × 33 cm

Condition

Fair vintage condition

• Heavy age toning
• Creasing and fold wear throughout
• Edge wear, small tears and handling marks
• Worn covers and spine wear
• Signs of prolonged use

Complete and structurally intact, with all pages present.

EN GRECE Τουριστικό Περιοδικό Ελλάδας Προπολεμικό

Αυθεντικό τουριστικό έντυπο «EN GRECE», επίσημη έκδοση του ελληνικού κράτους για προβολή της Ελλάδας στο εξωτερικό, προπολεμικής περιόδου.

Histoire de la Régénération de la Grèce, Tome I.
Paris: Firmin Didot Père et Fils, 1824.
By François-Charles-Hugues Laurent Pouqueville, French consul in Ioannina and major Philhellene historian.
Includes frontispiece engraving of a Greek Klepht / Revolutionary Fighter.

A fundamental primary source for the Greek War of Independence (1821), written during the events themselves.
Language: French.

Original Napoleonic-era edition (An XI – 1802) of Histoire des Expéditions d’Alexandre by Flavius Arrian, translated into French by P. Chaussard and printed in Paris by Charles Pougens.

This set includes Volumes I, II, and III of the original four-volume edition. The final supplementary notes volume is not present.

Arrian’s work is one of the most authoritative ancient historical accounts of the campaigns of Alexander the Great, based on early eyewitness sources including Ptolemy and Aristobulus. For centuries it has been considered among the most reliable classical narratives of Alexander’s conquests.

Condition

Bindings worn with rubbing and cracking, most notably along the spines. Spine heads show small chips, areas of leather loss, and visible joint stress, consistent with age and handling.

Text blocks remain structurally sound. Pages generally clean with mild uniform age toning and scattered foxing.

Volumes I–III complete and internally intact.
Volume IV not present.

Important early 20th-century geopolitical study examining the political, diplomatic, and strategic dimensions of the Eastern Question shortly before the Balkan Wars and the First World War. Written by French political analyst René Pinon, the work provides contemporary insight into European diplomacy, Ottoman decline, and the balance of power in the Near East.

Author: René Pinon
Title: L’Europe et l’Empire Ottoman. Les aspects actuels de la Question d’Orient
Publisher: Perrin et Cie, Librairie Académique
Place: Paris
Year: 1909
Language: French
Pages: 603
Size: approx. 14 × 20 cm
Binding: Original period hardback
Illustrations: Two folding maps (both present and complete)

Condition: Fair. Binding shows visible wear and losses, especially at spine and boards. Spine worn but intact. Text block complete and structurally sound. Maps well preserved. Please examine photos carefully.

Le Parthénon et le Génie Grec is an influential work by Émile Boutmy (1835–1906), founder of the École Libre des Sciences Politiques (Sciences Po) and member of the Institut de France.

Published in Paris in 1897 by Armand Colin & Cie, this volume examines the Parthenon not merely as an architectural monument, but as a symbolic expression of the Greek intellectual spirit and political culture. Boutmy places classical Athens at the center of European civilization, interpreting the Parthenon as a synthesis of art, reason, and civic ideals.

The book includes an engraved illustration of the Parthenon and reflects the late 19th-century French scholarly fascination with classical Greece, archaeology, and the origins of democratic thought.

Physical description & condition:

• Original late 19th-century cloth binding with leather title label to spine

• Binding worn and frayed at spine, boards age-toned

• Text pages clean with mild age toning

• Illustration present and intact

• Complete, solid reference and reading copy