Philip P. Argenti - The Religious Minorities of Chios: Jews and Roman Catholics

London, Cambridge University Press, 1970 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the uncommon first edition of Argenti's scholarly study of the religious minorities of the Greek island of Chios, and the manner in which they have interacted with the dominant Greek Orthodox faith. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price clipped dust wrapper.The work of Greek diplomat, lawyer, genealogist and historian Philip Pandely Argenti, who hailed from a long established noble family from the Greek island of Chios. His family can be traced back to 1511 on the island.In 1962, he donated over 10,000 volumes of rare books and manuscripts, maps, and albums to the Library of Chios.Argenti presents a study of the religious minorities of the island of Chios -chiefly Judaism and Roman Catholicism- against the background of the Orthodox Greek religion and the succession of Byzantine, Genoese and Turkish administrations that the island saw throughout the centuries.Illustrated with twenty-two monochrome plates, and a double page colour illustration. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with clipped dust wrapper. A touch of shelf wear to back strip tail, otherwise externally excellent. Sunning to dust wrapper back strip, with small closed tear to back strip head, and a touch of edgewear to back strip tail. Light handling marks to rear wrap, and folds over joints. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Near Fine.

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