POUKEVIL F.-S. (1770-1838) The life of Ali Pasha Yaninsky from his childhood to 1821, Containing a detailed and faithful description of his extraordinary atrocities and terrible tyranny towards the enslaved peoples of Greece, with his portrait attached / writ. G. Pukevil, who lived in Greece from 1806 to the present time: in 3 v.

M.: in print. S. Selivanovsky, 1822-1824. Part 1. trans. from French by V. Ozerov. - 1822. - VIII, 139 p., 1 p. portr.; Part 2. trans. from French. - 1822. - XX, 207 p.; Part 3: the Life of Ali Pasha Yaninsky, from his childhood to death. With a detailed description of his extraordinary villainies and terrible tyranny over the enslaved peoples of Greece; trans. from French by P. Stroev. - 1824. - [4], 179 p.; 22x14, 5 cm. An engraved portrait of Ali Pasha by Al. Florov on the frontispiece. In a semi -leather cover of the time. Careful gluing up of the spine, fracture of the block along the spine between the empty page of the flyleaf and frontispiece. Super bookplate ‘Piere Arnoldi’ in the lower part of the spine . Pouqueville François-Charles (1770-1838) was a French diplomat, historian, writer and researcher. He was a hostage of the Turkish Sultan, then appointed Consul General of Napoleon I Bonaparte at the court of Ali Pasha Janinsky (1741-1822). In 1798-1820 he traveled a lot thorughout Greece occupied by the Ottoman Empire. His diplomatic achievements and letters contributed a lot to the liberation of Greece and the revival of the Greek nation. The book reflects the manners, customs and way of life of the Greeks, Turks and Albanians. Bibliography: Gennadi, III. P. 207; Vereshchagin №386. Provenance: Arnoldi Peter Karlovich (1788-1855) – Major General. Participant in the wars against Napoleon. In 1812-1814 he parti-cipated in resistance to Napoleon’s invasion to Russia and subsequent foreign campaign. In 1843 he was appointed a Manager of the Voronezh Commissariat Commission.