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Fossati, Gaspard.
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description
- Aya Sofia, Constantinople, as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid. London: P. & C. Colnaghi & Co., 1852
first edition, folio (555 x 375mm.), chromolithographed title and 25 tinted lithographed plates by Louis Haghe after Fossati, original cloth, contents loose in binding (gutta-percha perished, as usual), title and first few plates slightly spotted, binding slightly worn
Provenance
Robert Biddulph Phillipps Esq., Longworth, Herefordshire, bookplate
Literature
Atabey 454; Blackmer 619; Abbey, Travel 396, 397
Catalogue Note
Fossati (1809-1883) came to Constantinople in 1837 as Russian Court Architect. Initially engaged on the construction of the Russian embassy, he entered the service of the Sultan in 1845. In 1847 he undertook the restoration of Hagia Sophia: a two year project of structural alterations and uncovering of mosaics.