380.00€
Λεξικόν Αγγλοελληνικόν, compiled and published “for the use of students of the English language”, is an important example of nineteenth-century Greek lexicography, education and printing. The edition is recorded by the University of Crete’s Anemi Digital Library with the collation ιε′ + 1 unnumbered leaf + 609 pages.
This copy is distinguished by a remarkable collection of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century ownership and bookseller marks.
The title page bears a library stamp reading:
«ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗ ΑΛΕΞ. Σ. ΡΗΓΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ / ΑΡΙΘΜΟΣ…»
This appears to associate the volume with the library of Alexandros S. Rigopoulos (1851–1928), later Metropolitan of Nicomedia and a graduate of the Halki Theological School. This attribution is based on the surviving library stamp.
Also on the title page is an exceptionally interesting Constantinople bookseller’s stamp:
«ΒΙΒΛΙΟΠΩΛΕΙΟΝ Δ. ΚΟΥΚΚΟΥΤΣΕΛΗ / ΖΙΝΤΑΝ ΚΑΠΟΥ / ΑΡ. 287 / ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛEΙ»
This provides tangible evidence of the book’s circulation through the Greek book trade of nineteenth-century Constantinople.
The volume additionally bears the handwritten signature of Periklis Michailidis, together with further Athens/Constantinople commercial and ownership markings.
Together, these traces give the book an unusually rich history of printing in Syros, circulation through Constantinople, and subsequent Greek ownership.
Author: Georgios Polymeris
Title: Λεξικόν Αγγλοελληνικόν
Place: Ermoupoli, Syros
Printer: Typography of Georgios Polymeris
Year: 1854
Edition: First Edition
Language: Greek / English
Collation: ιε′ + 1 unnumbered leaf + 609 pages
Dimensions: approx. 21.5 cm × 14.5 cm
Binding: Antique nineteenth-century binding
Antique condition appropriate to a book of this age, with natural age-toning, foxing, occasional staining and signs of previous use. The historical stamps, manuscript inscriptions and other marks are preserved and form an important part of the book’s provenance.
Please examine all photographs carefully, as they form an integral part of the condition description.
An especially appealing copy of a rare 1854 first edition, combining early English-Greek lexicography with fascinating evidence of the Greek book trade and intellectual world of Syros, Constantinople and Athens.
Particularly suitable for collectors of Greek antiquarian books, Greek printing, lexicography, Philhellenism, Constantinople, Greek education and nineteenth-century provenance.
