GRELOT, William Joseph.
A Late Voyage to Constantinople, containing an exact description of the Propontis and Hellespont, with the Dardanels, and what else is remarkable in those seas; as also of the city of Constantinople, wherein is particularly describ'd the Grand Seraglio and chief mosquees. Likewise an account of the ancient and present state of the Greek Church...
London, Henry Bonwicke, 1683.
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An important work. Grelot was the first to prepare detailed plans of Aya Sofia (Haghia Sophia) and other monuments in Constantinople. The English edition was translated by John Phillips, John Milton's nephew.
First English edition; 8vo (18.5 x 12.5 cm); translated by J. Philips, engraved frontispiece portrait of Mahomet IV, 8 folding engraved plates (mostly views of the city, and mosques), 6 full-page engraved illustrations in the text, neat repair to blank upper margin of frontispiece, one illustration slightly trimmed, contemporary ownership inscription to title; later calf-backed marbled boards, vellum tips, a little rubbed, a very good copy.
Atabey 528; Blackmer 731; Weber 371; Wing G1934.
First English edition; 8vo (18.5 x 12.5 cm); translated by J. Philips, engraved frontispiece portrait of Mahomet IV, 8 folding engraved plates (mostly views of the city, and mosques), 6 full-page engraved illustrations in the text, neat repair to blank upper margin of frontispiece, one illustration slightly trimmed, contemporary ownership inscription to title; later calf-backed marbled boards, vellum tips, a little rubbed, a very good copy.
Atabey 528; Blackmer 731; Weber 371; Wing G1934.
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A Late Voyage to Constantinople,
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