109 - [Didot] Wallon M.: Notice sur la vie et les travaux de M. Ambroise Didot. Paris, 1886

[Didot] Wallon M.: Notice sur la vie et les travaux de M. Ambroise Didot. Paris, 1886 First and only edition. Large 4to, contemporary paperboards slightly dusty, internally clean and bright, complete; lithographed portrait of Didot 50p., inside the book loose inserted a visit card of Alfrend Firmin Didot (the grand son of Ambroise), 61 rue de Varennes, overall in almost fine condition, obviously a family copy. A scientific study on the life of Ambroise Firmin-Didot, his travels in Greece and the Levant and his main publishing activities, dealing mostly with Greece. An ardent philhellene, A.Firmin Didot consecrated an important part of his life with Greek matters. Friend of Korais, he travelled in Greece several times ,even before the revolution, helped a lot the Greek case during revolution and continued up to the end of his life, with the publishing and financing of very important publications for Greece, publications which were certainly non profitable for a publishing house in Paris, as they concerned specific Greek matters, not generally for a wider public. Wallon's work had been presented in the annual special ceremony of Institut de France, the year of the death of Didot and had been printed in 300 copies from the publishing house of Didot which were not for sale, distributed to the clients, friends and family. Probably the copy of Alfrend Firmin-Didot with his personal card inside.