Walsh, Robert: Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Illustrated .. by Walsh, Robert - 1840

Istanbul: Denizler Kitabevi, 2013. Soft cover. New. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. In original decorative cloth bdg. Folio. (41 x 31 cm). In English. Color ills. 218, [1] p. A very heavy volume. Fisher's illustrations of Constantinople and its environs. Constantinople and the scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor. Illustrated. In a series of drawings from nature by Thomas Allom. With an historical account of Constantinople, and descriptions of the plates, by the rev. Robert Walsh, LL. D. ISTANBUL - Constantinople Ottoman culture Engraving Illustrations History of art Travel Voyage Memoirs Archeology Byzantium Western travellers.

London, Paris & New York: Fisher, Son & Co., n.d.. First Series (Part 1). Quarto, quarter green morocco over buckram boards, 4 raised bands to spine, compartments, decorated and ruled in gilt. Original engraved wrapper bound in, 1 double page map, frontis. map engraved by Alex. Findlay, engraved title page, 45 other tissue-protected engravings, by Th. Allom and others. xxxvi+84pp.. Colour bookplate by Otto Hupp. A very nice copy. Browning to many plates and water stain to some six plates at back. Otherwise very tight and clean. Robert Walsh, Irish priest and chaplain in Constantinople, Thomas Allom, English architect, collaborated on this travel album. "... together with Miss Julia Pardoe's work (this) is one of the most characteristic albums of that period, extolling mainly the architectural and natural beauties of the multicultural capital of the Ottoman Empire." Ioli Vingopoulou

Fisher, Son & Co.. Hardback. Very Good. Undated two-volumes-bound-as-one hardback edition, c.1840, in the original full green leather binding: boards with decorative cross-hatched embossing and gilt tooling to edges; spine with five raised bands, red gilt title label and gilt decoration. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - boards slightly shelf-worn. Binding tight and appears little read - hinges sound. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - previous owners small name and address label to second front endpaper; gilt page-ends retain lustre and there is some light scattered foxing here and there, mostly to the reverse of the plates, but text, marbled endpapers and highly-detailed illustrations bright and clear throughout. A particularly handsome and solid copy, this book is both large (l.280mm, w.225mm, d.40mm) and heavy (2.5kg packaged). Photographs available. Not an old library book.