DALLAWAY, James. Constantinople Ancient and Modern

LONDON: T. BENSLEY FOR T. CADELL JUNR. AND W. DAVIES, 1797

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DALLAWAY, James. Constantinople Ancient and Modern
London: T. Bensley for T. Cadell Junr. and W. Davies, 1797
4to., engraved title-page, map and 9 aquatint plates in sepia. (Ee4 verso browned, some marginal spotting and browning of both plates and text, without final advertisement leaf.). Contemporary marbled boards (newly rebacked, corners bumped). First edition. Atabey 308; Abbey Travel 392; Blackmer 441.

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Through the influence of the fourth Earl of Bute, James Dallaway was appointed physician and chaplain to Robert Liston's embassy to the Ottoman empire. He travelled overland to Constantinople in 1794, returning home in the October of the following year via the Greek Islands and Italy. Published in 1805, his itinerary was widely regarded at the time as the most detailed study of the Balkans.

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