Constantinople rare books

First edition, 2 parts in 1 volume, 8vo, [2], 171, [1]; [4], 235, [1] pp., 22 engraved plates and plans (some folding), contemporary tree calf gilt, lightly rubbed, spine head and corners worn, a very good copy.

First edition, 4to, xii, 415, [vii] pp., engraved title vignette, 10 aquatint plates, including map, occasional stamps to text, else text and plates clean, attractive modern half calf gilt, a good copy.

First edition, 2 volumes, large folio (66.5 x 54 cm). Text volume with portrait frontispiece and vignette in gold to title, text a bit spotted as usual; atlas containing 48 double-page etched plates, proofs before letters, after Melling by Schroeder, Bertaux, Le Rouge, Pillement, Desaux, Dessaulx, Desmaisons, Duparc, Dequevauviller, Née, and others, and 3 maps; most plates with narrow band (typically 1 cm) of browning to outer margins, 2 plates with restoration to margins, 1 with restoration to engraved surface, contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards, vellum tips, rubbed.

First edition, 2 parts in one volume, folio (39.1 x 24.5 cm.), titles in Italian and French, 2 large folding maps (hand-coloured, or hand-coloured in outline), 34 engraved plates (some double-page or folding), 3 folding tables, contemporary mottled calf, spine splitting, head of spine repaired, rubbed

First edition; small folio; large engraved map of Achaia, 4 full-page plates, 3 smaller plates, numerous engraved illustrations throughout the text, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, joints repaired, a very good copy; [xiv], 80, 177-483 pp. (complete).

First edition; 3 vols in one; frontispiece portrait, 100 colour plates, text in French and English, water stain effecting the latter plates, half dark green morocco, spine with gilt tooling and the title 'Russians and Turks', slightly worn; [bound with] Tableau générale de l'empire Othoman, Imprimerie de Monsieur, Paris, 1787, vol. I only, engraved title-page, dedication to King of Sweden, 41 plates, several folding, missing 3 plates (13,19 and 36).

First edition, first issue. Small 8vo, [iv], 164, [viii](ads)pp., title printed in red and black with engraved device, small stain to title, light waterstain to inner upper margin, bound in recent green morocco backed marbled boards, spine gilt lettered.

Second edition, 4to, engraved portrait frontispiece of Pardoe, additional engraved title, engraved map and 85 plates, original blue cloth gilt, gilt pictorial vignette to upper cover, all edges gilt, light spotting to frontispiece and engraved title and occasionally elsewhere, generally a clean crisp example.

First edition, 4 volumes, 3 vols 8vo text & folio atlas (60 x 44 cm approx.) with 25 etched and aquatint plates by Benedikt Piringer after Preault, 4 of these double-page, contemporary quarter morocco over marlbed boards, rebacked to style, new endpapers, an excellent set.

First edition in Italian; 8 parts in 4 vols, 12mo (162 x 90 mm); woodcut title decorations, initials and other decorations, folding letterpress table, vol.I lacking initial [ý]blank, light damp-staining towards end of vol.IV, but overall internally very good; bound in full contemporary red morocco with elaborate foliate decorations and decorative roll borders to covers, spines with decorative gilt designs & lettering in compartments within gilt roll-tooled bands, all edges gilt, plain silk doublures, minor rubbing to edges but a fine set; LXXII, 297, [1]; 300; 305, [1]; 268.