London, James Virtue, n.d. circa 1856.
Pardoe's work is one of the most popular and attractive of all books on the Bosphorus. This work was obviously planned to take advantage of the great success which The City of the Sultan had achieved. This present edition is enlarged from the 1838 edition with an appendix on the Crimean War and 6 extra plates.
4to, engraved portrait frontispiece of Pardoe, additional engraved title, engraved map and 85 plates, contemporary red half morocco gilt, all edges gilt, offsetting from frontispiece to title with slight spotting, generally a very clean, fresh copy, joints lightly rubbed.
Atabey 922; cf. Blackmer 1254 (first edition).
4to, engraved portrait frontispiece of Pardoe, additional engraved title, engraved map and 85 plates, contemporary red half morocco gilt, all edges gilt, offsetting from frontispiece to title with slight spotting, generally a very clean, fresh copy, joints lightly rubbed.
Atabey 922; cf. Blackmer 1254 (first edition).
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