BRUE BENJAMIN, “JOURNAL DE LA CAMPAGNE que le grand Vesir Ali Pacha a faite en 1715 pour la Conquête de la Moree”, Paris, 1870. Edited by Albert Dummont. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp.108. Original publisher’s soft paper covers with external wear along joints and extremities. Clean and fine inside. The history of the Ottoman recapture of the Peloponnese from the Venetians, based on the Brue’s manuscript discovered by the historian of Greece George Finlay. Benjamin Brue was French interpreter in the embassy of France in Constantinople and in 1715 he accompanied the Ottoman troops under Ali Pascha in his attempt to recapture Morea from the Venetians. In this account he provides valuable descriptions of all places between Adrianople and Coroni, along with analytical descriptions of the organization of the Ottoman troops. Blackmer 222, Atabey 157.