Lot 300
300
FOSSATI, Gaspard (1809-1883). Aya Sofia Constantinople, as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid. London: P. and D. Colnaghi, 1852. 2° (555 x 366mm). Chromolithographed title and 10 tinted lithographed plates only (of 25) by Louis Haghe after Fossati. (Waterstaining and spotting to plate margins, about half the plates rubbed at edges, one corner torn through, all detached.) Original roan-backed cloth (worn).
FOSSATI, Gaspard (1809-1883). Aya Sofia Constantinople, as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid. London: P. and D. Colnaghi, 1852. 2° (555 x 366mm). Chromolithographed title and 10 tinted lithographed plates only (of 25) by Louis Haghe after Fossati. (Waterstaining and spotting to plate margins, about half the plates rubbed at edges, one corner torn through, all detached.) Original roan-backed cloth (worn).

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FOSSATI, Gaspard (1809-1883). Aya Sofia Constantinople, as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid. London: P. and D. Colnaghi, 1852. 2° (555 x 366mm). Chromolithographed title and 10 tinted lithographed plates only (of 25) by Louis Haghe after Fossati. (Waterstaining and spotting to plate margins, about half the plates rubbed at edges, one corner torn through, all detached.) Original roan-backed cloth (worn).

Without the panorama of Constantinople on 4 plates but with two external views of Aghia Sophia. Atabey 454; Abbey Travel II, 396; Blackmer 619. Sold not subject to return.

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