LAGARDE P., “Neugriechisches aus Kleinasien”, Gottingen, 1886. First and only edition. 4to (28x22cm), pp.69. Nice modern binding, preserving the original paper wrappers. Complete. A very good copy of an important and rare work. Lagarde travelled extensively in Asia Minor in the 1870s. Pavlos Karolidis invited him to visit and discover the rich culture of the Greek communities of Anatolia in Kapadokia and Pisidia, still flourishing at that time, isolated & untouched from the Middle Ages period. The result of 3 years travelling on the spot is the current publication, where - for the first time - many medieval poems and legends, including Akritic heroic legends are recorded, up to then surviving just in the local oral traditions. Extremely rare.