Lot no. 2
BAUD-BOVY (Daniel) and Frédéric BOISSONNAS. En Grèce par monts et par vaux. Genève, Boissonnas et Kundig, 1936. In-4, paperback, cover with flaps. Second edition, with a new preface by Charles Picard. It is illustrated with a map of Greece, 40 out-of-text photographs and numerous photographs in the text by Frédéric Boissonnas.
A copy given by Sophoklís Venizélos (1894-1964) - the second son of the "founder of modern Greece" Elefthérios Venizélos (1864-1936) - then Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, as part of Greece's accession to NATO, to American Vice-Admiral John J. Ballentine (1896-1970), Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean and "good friend of Greece", with an autograph dispatch dated February 1951.
Some foxing, fragile parchment cover slightly faded.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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