A Sheaf of Greek Folk Songs
Gleaned by an Old Philhellene (1922)
Author
Countess Evelyn Martinengo Cesaresco
Publisher
Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1922
Printing Details
First edition, first printing. Hardback with paper title label to spine and upper board. 20 × 14.5cm, xxix + 78pp, 2pp ads
A collection of Greek folk songs, with an introduction by Countess Cesaresco on the nature of Greek songs. The Countess was a historian who studied the Risorgimento, and this book was published as a small protest about the Italian occupation of the Greek Dodecanese Islands.
Condition
This copy is in very good condition for age, There is some wear to the spine ends and foxing to the endpapers but the main body of text is in good, clean condition.
Price
£20.00
