THE BOSPHORUS AND THE DANUBE- THE BEAUTIES OF THE BOSPHORUS ...

Hammer

£400

THE BOSPHORUS AND THE DANUBE- THE BEAUTIES OF THE BOSPHORUS AND THE DANUBE,
ITS HISTORY, SCENERY AND TOPOGRAPHY,
(1840-1954) BY MISS PARDOE,
ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM BEATTIE,
PUBLISHED BY VIRTUE AND CO*
Early edition, 7 volumes, (Volume 8 is missing), bound in publishers red cloth, with gilt image of a seated Ottoman on front and Neptune on rear, all edges gilt and gilt title to spine, published by George Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, the spines are labelled “The Bosphorus and Danube”, The first three volumes and 29 pages from the 4th volume consist of “The Beauties of the Bosphorus by Miss Pardoe, illustrated in a series of Views of Constantinople and its environs
from original drawings by W.H. Bartlett” (169 pages), Volume 4-8 consist of “The Danube by William Beattie, M.D. illustrated in a series of views taken expressly for this work by W.H. Bartlett, Esq.” (236 pages), tissue guarded steel engraved plates,

EACH 28 X 22,5 cm
4310 gr
Virtue and Company, a prominent book and print publishing firm founded by George Virtue (1794-1862)
A copy of “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens published by Virtue and Company on 1866 (during his lifetime) was sold for 27,485 at Christie’s London, 20 November 2002, Lot 100