£2,000 - £4,000
JOSEPH
MÉRY-CONSTANTINOPLE ET LA MER NOIR, BELIN-LEPRIEUR ET MORIZOT, PARIS, ILLUSTRATIONS; M.M. ROARGUE FRÈRES
An exquisitely rare book chronicling the splendours of Istanbul and the Black Sea, adorned with exquisite engravings, 495p., 21 gravures by Rouargue frères, 6 of them are hand-coloured, Sultan Abdul-Medjid engraving on horseback on the first page, original endpapers, all engravings with tissue guards, gilt edged paper, blue leather binding, four-ribbed spine decorated with cartouches in scrolling foliage,
27 x 18.5 x 3.6cm
1472 grams
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