Lot 08231

HOPE Thomas, ANASTASE, ou Mémoires d’un Grec: écrits à la fin du XVIIIe siècle; Traduits de l’Anglais par l’auteur de Londres en 1819 / Tome Deuxieme. Paris: Gide & H. Nicolle, 1820. 1st edition, 1 out of 2 volumes, in 8vo, p.525+[14+4, ed. catalogue]. The author, a Dutch and British merchant banker, author, philosopher and art collector, at early age, he began a long journey in Greece, Turkey and throughout the Mediterranean basin, which lasted 8 years (1787-1795). In this Philhellene novel, he was able to combine fiction with descriptions of reality and the narration of contemporary historical events, which was quite rare at that time. Published without an author’s name, it was once attributed to Lord Byron. Softcover, rather worn externally. Clean and quite tight inside, missing the folding map at the end.