SORIA Diego, “Istoria della Grecia, dal 1824 in poi, per servire di continuazione a quella del Signor Pouqueville”, Napoli, Tipografia all’insegna del Diogene, 1840. Volume II. Small 8vo, pp.526. COMPLETE the volume, with 4 lithographic portraits after Dolfino of Karaiskakis (Καραϊσκάκης), Germanos (Παλαιών Πατρών Γερμανός), Genneo Colocotroni (Ιωάννης - Γενναίος Κολοκοτρώνης), G. Conduriotis (Γεώργιος Κουντουριώτης) and a folding map of Ioannina. This is a continuation of Pouqueville’s history of Greece, first published in this edition, in Italian. Nothing seems to be known of Soria except that he also wrote a historical novel based on the life of Ali Pasha (Atabey). Contemporary binding: leather spine gilt decorated, marbled paper boards. Light spotting inside. Overall a very fine copy. Very Rare. Atabey 1158, Blackmer 1576.