AULDJO, John. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople, and some of the Greek Islands, in the Spring and Summer of 1833. London: Longman, 1835. 8° (219 x 138mm). Half title, 7 etched plates by Cruikshank. (Lower fore-corner of a few plates waterstained.) Later 19th-century polished calf gilt (spine rubbed, upper cover detached). FIRST EDITION of this "very interesting account of several months' visit, written in a lively style. Nothing seems too trivial for the author's notice; he gives detailed descriptions of costume and all sorts of manufactures including jewellery, skills, perfumes etc." (Blackmer). Blackmer 56.

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AULDJO, John. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople, and some of the Greek Islands, in the Spring and Summer of 1833. London: Longman, 1835. 8° (219 x 138mm). Half title, 7 etched plates by Cruikshank. (Lower fore-corner of a few plates waterstained.) Later 19th-century polished calf gilt (spine rubbed, upper cover detached). FIRST EDITION of this "very interesting account of several months' visit, written in a lively style. Nothing seems too trivial for the author's notice; he gives detailed descriptions of costume and all sorts of manufactures including jewellery, skills, perfumes etc." (Blackmer). Blackmer 56.

With 7 others on Turkey including Allom and Walsh's Illustrations of Constantinople (London, [n.d.]) and Julia Pardoe's The Beauties of the Bosphorus, (London, [n.d.]), both with steel-engraved plates. (8)

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