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Lewis's Illustrations of Constantinople: Made During a Residence in That City in the Years 1835-6
by Lewis, John Frederick
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: T. McLean, D.& P. Colnaghi and John F. Lewis, 1838. First Edition. First edition. Contains all 27 tinted lithographed plates on 25 leaves, by Lewis after Coke Smyth. Rebound in 20th century three quarters green leather with marbled paper sides, ruled and lettered in gilt. Very Good, a noncirculating ex-library copy with a small bookplate on the paste down, call number in gilt at foot, small pencil notations to verso of title, small ink number written on facing page. Leather worn at extremities. Plates are in truly excellent shape, very bright, with faint occasional finger soiling. A lovely, large illustrated guide to Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire.
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Details
- Seller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 140943725
- Title
- Lewis's Illustrations of Constantinople: Made During a Residence in That City in the Years 1835-6
- Author
- Lewis, John Frederick
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- T. McLean, D.& P. Colnaghi and John F. Lewis
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1838
- Keywords
- plate books, turkey, asia, travel, english, illustrated, 19th century
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Leaves
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
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