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CORNILLE, Henri. Souvenirs d'Orient: Constantinople, Grèce, Egypte. 1831-1832-1833. Paris: Abel Ledoux, 1833. 8° (210 x 125mm), half-title, engraved frontispiece, 'table des chapitres' on final leaf. (Half-title and title browned, frontispiece spotted at margin, occasional spotting of text, 19.2 with small burn hole causing loss of a few letters.) Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards.
RARE FIRST EDITION with frontispiece view of Constantinople. An 'interesting account of Turkish life and manners', the work went into a second edition in 1836. No copy of the first edition in Gennadius Library, Athens, BL or BnF. On line-ABPC only records the sale of the other Atabey copy in 2002. Atabey 284; Blackmer 406.
RARE FIRST EDITION with frontispiece view of Constantinople. An 'interesting account of Turkish life and manners', the work went into a second edition in 1836. No copy of the first edition in Gennadius Library, Athens, BL or BnF. On line-ABPC only records the sale of the other Atabey copy in 2002. Atabey 284; Blackmer 406.