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The Beauties of the Bosphorus


Julia Pardoe; W. H. Bartlett


George Virtue & Co. 1839

Binding:  Hardback  |  Condition: Very Good  | 

Nicely bound example of Pardoe's 1838 account of Constantinople and its surrounding areas. Complete with 87 engraved plates done from drawings by W. H. Bartlett, plus a frontisportrait of the author and a tissue guarded engraved title page. This superbly illustrated volume spun off from Pardoe's well received 1837 travelogue 'The City of the Sultan and Domestic Manners of the Turks', that provided one of the first unvarnished yet sympathetic portrayals of the Ottoman elite and their culture. Recently rebound in half leather with raised bands to spine and marbled end-papers. 4to. (280x220mm) [xii] 172pp. Some mild rubbing to leather. Some very light, occasional foxing within. Professional repair to a small tear to one plate. Faint stamp to reverse of fly leaf. Else a clean and tight example. Very good.

£545.00 + FREE shipping