AULDJO, John.

Journal of a visit to Constantinople,

and some of the Greek Islands, in the Spring and Summer of 1833.

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102744

London, Longman, 1835

£600

Auldjo, a distinguished geologist and Alpinist who had climbed Mont Blanc in 1827, 'enjoyed the luxuries of Constantinople. He gives a detailed account of a 'hummum', or Turkish bath, some years before it was popularised by David Urquhart' (Koç). The book contains detailed descriptions of costume and of all sorts of manufactures including jewellery, silks, perfumes, etc.

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First edition. 8vo., xii, 259 pp., complete with half title, vignette on title and another on p.203 after Sir William Gell, 7 plates drawn and etched by George Cruikshank after drawings by the author, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving spine, rubbed, corners worn, a very good copy.