2 volumes in one book Fisher, Son & Co., London, 1836-38. Vol.I 84 p., Vol.II 100 p., 28x21.5 cm. 94 steel plate engraving, 1 full page and 1 folding maps. In luxurious decorative blue leather covered bindig, with gilded motives and writing on the back and covers, and gilded page edges. The back is expertly restored, the inside and the engravings are in very good condition.
WITH MISS PARDOE'S “THE BEAUTIES OF BOSPHORUS”, IT IS ONE OF THE TWO MOST CHARACTERISTIC MASTERPIECES NARRATING THE NATURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL BEAUTIES OF THE MULTICULTURAL CAPITAL OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE WITH GREAT APPRECIATION A MASTERPIECE OF AN ISTANBUL TRAVELOGUE BY THOMAS ALLOM, ADORNED WITH 94 FULL-PAGE ENGRAVINGS AND TWO MAPS, ONE OF WHICH IS FOLDED...
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