Lot 03250

“La vie de province en Grèce”, Paris, Hachette, 1878. Small 8vo, pp.[4],304. Paul-Henri-Benjamin Balluet d’Estournelles, was a French diplomat and politician and winner of the 1909 Nobel Prize for Peace. This rare travel account provides rich information along the customs, music, population formation, political situation, elections & voting in agricultural populations of Greece. It is also a unique source of information about rarely visited places in Achaia, Arcadia & Fokida such as Aigio, Trizonia island, styx river, or Xerovouni (Αίγιο, νήσος Τριζόνια, Ξεροβούνι, Μαραθίας). Ex-libris cachet. Leather spine worn, light spotting throughout. Very Rare.