CONSTANTINOPLE
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1878. 1st American edition. Cloth. 1st American edition. A Very Good + copy. 8vo., iv, 326 , (6)pp., with the publisher's ads at the rear. Bound in green cloth with beveled boards, and an illustration on the city skyline and crescent in gilt and black. End papers coated brown. Some light edge wear, and a faint vertical crease on the front board. Title page lightly toned. Very slightly canted back to front. Still, an attractive copy, Very Good +. Very Good +. Item #23483
De Amicis' classic work and perhaps the best 19th century description of the city on the Bosporus, Constantinople. Translated from the 7th Italian edition by Caroline Tilton.
Price: $80.00