Byzantios. Konstantinoupolis e perigrafe, Athens, 1851-1869, first edition, presentation copy, 3 volumes, red half calf

BYZANTIOS, SKARLATOS

Η Κωνσταντινουπολις η περιγραφη τοπογραφικη, αρχαιλογικη και ιστορικη... Athens: Andreas Koromela (vol.3: Ch. N. Philadelpheos), 1851-1869

FIRST EDITION, 3 volumes, 8vo (249 x 158mm.), PRESENTATION COPY (see provenance), vol. 1: 23 plates and a folding map (slightly torn); vol. 2: 18 plates and a folding map, letterpress genealogical table; vol. 3: 15 plates, list of plates pasted to final verso; near-uniform red half calf, spines gilt, marbled edges, extremities slightly rubbed

RARE. Skarlatos Byzantios's extensive historical and topographical description of the city of Constantinople.

PROVENANCE:

volume 1: a PRESENTATION COPY from the publisher, with a neat inscription on the flyleaf dated Athens, 25 February 1852; ink stamp on flyleaf