[Turkey]. LEWIS (John Frederic). Illustrations of Constantin - Lot 198

[Turkey]. LEWIS (John Frederic). Illustrations of Constantinople, made during a Residence in that City in the Years 1835-6. London, McLean, [s.d. - c.1838]. In-folio, [2] f. (title, dedication and table), 26 plates (including frontis.), green half-basin, gilt title on upper board (unbound, all leaves loose, as is, damp, marginal mold on 2 publisher's plates). Interesting collection of 28 lithographs by John Frederic Lewis illustrating Constantinople after original compositions by Coke Smyth. It comprises a frontispiece, a title page illustrated with a vignette, a dedication leaf with a list of plates on the verso and 24 plates, two of which include a lithograph each. (Abbey, 394; Blackmer, 1015; Brunet, III-1040).