Voyage en Morée a Constantinople, en Albanie, et dans plusieurs autres parties de l'Empire Othoman, pendant les années 1798, 1799, 1700 et 1801.

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3 vols., 8vo (21.5 x 14 cm.): vol. I: [6], vii, [1], 542 pages, [1] folded engraved map entitled "Plan de la plaine de Tripolitza en Morée . par J.D. Barbié du Bocage" and [1] folded table entitled "Tableau des productions territoriales de la Morée"; vol. II: [4], xv, [1], 287 pages, [1] folded engraved frontispiece entitled "Vue du chateau des sept tours à Constantinople"; vol. III: [4], xxi, [3], 344 pages, [1] engraved frontispiece entitled "Reïs Barbaresque" and [1] engraved plate entitled "Soldat albanais," [1] folded engraved map entitled "Plan de la plaine de Ianina en Albanie . par J.D. Barbié du Bocage," and a one-page advertisement/prospectus on this work. Bound in contemporary blue paste paper boards, paper titling pieces in ink on spines, uncut; occasional minor spotting and foxing, but otherwise in very good condition. FIRST EDITION OF POUQUEVILLE'S TRAVEL'S TO MOREA, GREECE, ALBANIA AND TURKEY, COMPLETE WITH ALL MAPS AND PLATES, IN AN ATTRACTIVE, UNSOPHISTICATED BINDING. François Pouqueville (1770-1838) was a French diplomat, explorer, physician and historian, and member of the Institut de France. As the Turkish sultan's hostage and then as Napoleon Bonaparte's general consul at the court of Ali Pasha of Ioannina, Pouqueville travelled extensively throughout Ottoman occupied Greece from 1798 to 1820. Through his diplomacy and writings, Pouqueville became a prominent spokesman for the Philhellenism movement throughout Europe and contributed to the liberation of the Greeks and the rebirth of the Greek nation. The present work, dedicated Emperor Napoleon I, was Pouqueville's first major publication and was a huge literary success. It established Pouqueville as an expert in Ottoman affairs and contributed to his nomination as Napoleon's consul general to the court of Ali Pasha of Ioannina. Voyage en Morée was republished in various forms over the next few years; an English translation and abridgement appeared in 1806, and a full translation by Anne Plumptre was published in 1813. Pouqueville went on to published a still more influential travel book, Voyage dans la Grece, which appeared in five volumes in 1820-22. REFERENCES: Atabey 963; Blackmer 1344; Weber 1:5. N° de ref. del artículo 72JFP019

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