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FRANKLAND, Capt. Charles Colville.

Travels to and from Constantinople,

in the years 1827 and 1828; or a personal narrative of a journey from Vienna, through Hungary, Transylvania, Wallachia, Bulgaria, and Roumelia, to Constantinople; and from that city to the capital of Austria, by the Dardanelles, Tenedos, the Plains of Tro

Stock Code
103270
London, Henry Colburn, 1829
£2,950

Frankland, descended from two famous naval families, and himself later an admiral, arrived in Istanbul in 1827. An energetic sightseer, his 'descriptions are lively and detailed' (Koç). The plates include costumes and views of Constantinople, Smyrna, Damascus, Beirut, etc.

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Description

First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces, 14 aquatint plates (3 folding), 4 engraved maps and plans (2 folding), 11 wood-engraved plates, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, neatly rebacked, red and green morocco labels, a very good set.

Bibliography

Atabey 460; Blackmer 628; Koç II, 269; Abbey (Travel), 26.

Stock ID:103270

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