The Beauties of the Bosphorus. Illustrated in a Series of Views of Constantinople and Its Environs, from Original Drawings By W. H. Bartlett
London: George Virtue, 1843. Hardcover. Hardcover, full morocco. Nice tight copy with new green morocco spine & original boards with gilt ornamentation and gilt cover vignettes (front & rear); spine lettering gilt; new endpapers; all edges gilt. 164 pp. Illustrated with 78 engraved plates, each with tissue guard, by W. H. Bartlett; frontispiece portrait of Julia Pardoe, plus engraved map & 1839 ed. engraved title-page with title vignette. Original morocco slightly scuffed, especially on extremities; gilt slightly faded on front cover but bright on rear; only minor & occasional marginal soiling to interior, otherwise bright; all plates present, clean & bright with some tanning to margins only. Very Good. Item #25517
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