Paspatis. Byzantinai meletai. Constantinople, 1877, 8vo, first edition, half morocco

PASPATIS, ALEXANDROS G.

Βυζαντιναι μελεται τοπογραφικαι και ιστορικαι. Constantinople: Antonios Koromela, 1877

8vo (258 x 174mm.), 37 plates, contemporary half morocco, flat spine gilt, library stamp washed from title-page, title and dedication leaves with repaired tears, joints rubbed and worn

FIRST EDITION of Paspatis's antiquarian work on Byzantine ecclesiastical art and architecture. Paspatis (1814-1891) was originally from Chios but settled in Constantinople where he worked as a doctor and was one of the founders of the Philological Society of Constantinople.