Lot 08668

Ozenfant, Amédée, “Tour de Grèce”, Published by Éditions M. I. E. U. X. Exclusivité Hachette, Paris (1938). First edition. Folio. [2], [16]pp (text), 32 loose photographic plates, as issued. Text in French. Book and plates housed in later green cloth box with original marbled covers.

This exquisite work contains a 16-page essay on Greece and the Acropolis, 6-page AirFrance advertisement, as well as 32 stunning photographic plates (28 b/w and 4 duo-tone) depicting scenes, views, monuments, and people from various places of Greece: Santorini (6), Mykonos (5), Mount Athos (2), Thassos (2), Delos, Egina (4), Olympia (3), Delphi, Athens-Acropolis (4), Sunion, Mycenae, Epidauros.

Amédée Ozenfant (1886-1966), the author of this rare work, was a painter active in Parisian avant-garde circles. Sheets with photos are in Fine condition with some green marks from the bookcase on the upper edge, the side parts of case are torn but in place.