LE MONUMENT DU LION D'AMPHIPOLIS. [Offprint from the Bulletin de Correspondence Hellenique Volume 63]. [INSCRIBED by the author JACQUES ROGERS to the U.S. Ambassador to Greece LINCOLN MACVEAGH].

Roger, Jacques.

Published by [Paris & Athens]: Bulletin de correspondence hellenique, (1939). (1939)., 1939

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[Paris & Athens]: Bulletin de correspondence hellenique, (1939)., (1939). Very good. - Small Quarto, 9-3/4 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in later light brown cloth titled in gilt on the front cover. The binding is further enhanced by marbled burgundy endpapers. The head & tail of the spine are very lightly bumped. [40] pages of text in French numbered [3] to 42, plus 10 plates, including 2 folding plates, on the excavation and reconstruction of the Lion of Amphipolis. There is a minor red stain to the title page. Very good. RARE in commerce. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author Jacques Rogers to Ambassador Lincoln MacVeagh on the "title" page: "A son Excellence l'Honorable L. Mac Veagh, cette publication qui lui doit d'avoir vu le jour. En tres respectueux hommage. Jacques Roger". As the U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Lincoln MacVeagh played a pivotal role in the excavation and reconstruction of the Lion of Amphipolis. From the library of Lincoln MacVeagh and his wife Margaret with their "Arcades Ambo" bookplate on the front paste down. Lincoln MacVeagh (1890-1972), a Renaissance man, graduated from Harvard magna cum laude in 1913. He went on to study languages at the Sorbonne and became fluent in German, French, Spanish, Latin, Greek and Classical Greek. After World War I he became a director of the Henry Holt and Company publishing firm where he became friendly with the poet Robert Frost. In 1923 he left the firm and founded the Dial Press. His name appears on the imprint of many of their publications. In 1933 President Roosevelt appointed him Minister to Greece. He followed presentation of his credentials with a speech in Classical Greek. While in Greece he conducted excavations beneath the Acropolis and made archeological contributions to the National Museum in Athens. He left Greece in 1941 when the German army over ran the country. From there he was appointed the first US Minister to Iceland where he negotiated agreements for the construction of the Keflavik airfield. In late 1942 he became Minister to the Union of South Africa and coordinated American wartime agencies there. In 1943 he was sent to Cairo as Ambassador so that he could assist the governments in exile of Greece and Yugoslavia. He returned to Athens as Ambassador in 1944. MacVeagh gave secret testimony before Congress concerning the Balkans in 1947, testimony that was an important factor in the formation of the Truman Doctrine. In 1948 as Ambassador to Portugal MacVeagh was influential in admitting her into NATO. In 1952 President Truman named him Ambassador to Spain. President Truman wrote to him on March 9, 1948: "On the occasion of your appointment as Ambassador to Portugal, I would like to make some personal expression of appreciation for the high services you have already rendered your country. During the past fifteen critical years you have served with distinction as Chief of the United states Missions to Iceland, the Union of South Africa, Yugoslavia and Greece. In this last post especially - as Minister from 1933 to 1941 and as Ambassador since 1943 - your scholarly statesmanship and diplomatic judgment have been of the utmost value.".

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• Title: LE MONUMENT DU LION D'AMPHIPOLIS. [Offprint from the Bulletin de Correspondence Hellenique Volume 63]. [INSCRIBED by the author JACQUES ROGERS to the U.S. Ambassador to Greece LINCOLN MACVEAGH].
• Publisher: [Paris & Athens]: Bulletin de correspondence hellenique, (1939). (1939).
• Publication Date: 1939
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very good
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