Legrand E., "Recueil de Poemes Historiques en Grec Vulgaire relatives a la Turquie", Paris, 1877. First edition. Tall in 4to (27x18cm), pp.370. Contemporary boards rubbed and frayed, spine opened, boards detached. Complete and uncut. Text clean, good only condition. A very precious work. Although Ancient and Byzantine text were edited since the 15th century, the treasures of the modern Greek culture and especially the oral tradition was almost unknown. Legrand, a leading Hellenist of his time, gathered for the first time, several invaluable modern oral poems dealing with Turks and Turkey, full with precious historical and linguistic value. VERY RARE.