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Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardcover. New.

London: George Virtue, 1838. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. The British travel writer Julia S. H. Pardoe (1806-62), who, suffering from consumption, had been taken south early in her youth, accompanied her father to Constantinople in 1835 and was famous for her literary reports on Portugal and the Near East even as a child. "Since Lady Mary Wortley Montagu probably no woman has acquired so intimate a knowledge of Turkey [. Her] works, written [.] in a pleasant and graceful style, attracted a large share of notice, and, as popular history, may still be read with pleasure" (DNB). - First published in 1838 with only 78 plates; later editions were published under the title "Picturesque Europe" (1854 and 1874). The pretty views are engraved after William Henry Bartlett (1809-54), whose series of oriental and American topography were then very popular (cf. Thieme/B. II, 554). BLC 246, 438. DNB 15, 201, 5. Cf. Aboussouan 711 (first ed. 1838). Weber I, 1151 (1850). 4to, 164 pp, b&w frontis,… Read More

London: Published for the proprietors, by George Virtue, 1838. FIRST EDITION. 298 x 220 mm. (11 1/4 x 8 3/4"). [iv], 164 pp. Contemporary half calf over rose-colored cloth by John Gray of Edinburgh (with his ticket on front pastedown), raised bands, spine gilt in compartments. With frontispiece portrait of the author, engraved title, and 79 plates after William H. Bartlett, including one map of the area. Front free endpaper with tipped-in letter signed by the author; with two-page biography of the author and transcription of the letter loosely laid in. Ross, pp. 43-44; Blackmer Catalogue 888; Hunnisett, p. 114. ◆Spine and top edge of covers just slightly faded, silk with a little minor spotting, contents with scattered light foxing (mostly confined to margins and versos of plates), persistent light marginal stain in upper gutter, but these issues all quite minor, and on the whole a clean, solid, attractive copy with no major defects. This is a notable item for at least three reasons: it was one… Read More

London: Published for the Proprietors, by George Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, 1839. 4to, original half green morocco with ribbed green cloth over boards, spine in five compartments, gilt title and raised bands; light purple watered silk endpapers with leaf and tendril pattern. Engraved frontis. port., engraved half-title, [iv], 164 pp., 78 steel-engraved views and 1 full-page engraved map with inset. An intimate and rich observation of life in Constantinople in 1836 by Miss Julia Pardoe (1806-1862), in collaboration with popular topographical artist W. H. Bartlett, depicting the Ottoman empire during an era of growing European influence and illustrated throughout with delightful engravings after Bartlett. Miss Pardoe traveled to Constantinople with her father in 1836-7, inspiring first the work "City of the Sultan" in 1836 and then the collaborative "Beauties of the Bosphorus" in 1838. In the tradition of travel writer Lady Mary Wortley Montegu, Pardoe focuses her attention on the Turkish culture. According… Read More

George Virtue n/d but circa 1840. Eight-volume complete set, original bindings, quarto, red cloth boards with blind stamped decorative rule & gilt motif to front & rear boards & gilt lettering to spine, a.e.g, frontispiece with tissue guard + illus title page (vol.1), unpaginated but aprox 23 full-page plates each with tissue guard in each volume, xii + 236pp over the eight volumes, 16pp to rear of vol.8, each volume has 4pp adverts to rear, VG- (moderate tanning to spines, loss of 2cm of surface to aprox 5 spine heads, moderate brusing & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, small gouge to rear board lower corner of vol.1, some fading & staining to boards, owner's name & year in ink to front pastedown & one prelim in each volume, moderate foxing)

London: Published for the proprietors by George Virtue, 1838. First edition. Three quarter dark green morocco over marbled boards, boards ruled in gilt, five raised bands ruled in gilt, four compartments with floral gilt decorations, two with gilt titles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Very good, boards and extremities rubbed, owner's bookplate to free front end paper, small faint semicircular stain to fore edge of first two preliminary leaves, tissue guard and engraved title foxed and offset, faint dampstain to lower inner corner, marginal only, scattered foxing to plates, nearly all marginal or on blank backs, otherwise plates are crisp, text clean, binding sold. A very handsome copy.. 164 pp. + 81 lvs. Illus. with 81 steel engravings: port. frontis, title page vignette, 78 view plates, and 1 map. Sm. 4to. "This work had much influence in terms of increasing popular appreciation of its subject," (Blackmer Lib. p. 405). Atabey 922; CBEL (3rd) IV: 1378; Blackmer Coll. 1254; Blackmer Lib. 888.

London: Virtue & Co., [n.d.] c. 1840. A fine example of this popular 19th century plate book, plates and text are clean and crisp.. Binding: Recent ½ calf with matching marble boards, gilt spine with 6 compartments with raised bands, black morocco label on two, edges marbled. , Notes: Miss Pardoe, an English author, travelled to Turkey in 1835. This book became quite popular, partly because of the beautiful steel engravings., Size: 4to, Illustration: Complete with 88 plates, including frontispiece, engraved title, and map of Constantinople. , Pages: P. (4), blank, frontis portrait of Miss Pardoe, engraved title, blank, title, blank, introduction i-xii, contents, directions to binder, 3-172, (4)., Category: Book Plate Books General; Book Near East Turkey; Book Voyages General;

London: Virtue and Co., c. 1840. Occasional browning otherwise in very good condition. Plates are clean and crisp. . Binding: Contemoprary crimson half morocco with pebbled cloth boards. Spine in six compartments of raised bands. Gilt text on 2. Dense gilt ornamentation on 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6. All edges gilt. Pasted and free marbled endpapers. , Notes: A travel book detailing the culture of Turkey through stories and illustrations from the mid 19th century. Miss Pardoe, an English author, travelled to Turkey in 1835. She gained some fame through this book as it became quite popular due of the beautiful steel engravings and her knack for captivating prose. , Size: 4to (272x208mm). , Illustration: Illustrated with an engraved title page, a frontispiece portrait of the author, a portrait of Sultan Abdul Medschid Chan, a map, and 84 engravings. All engravings are done by numerous engravers after W. H. Bartlett. , Provenance: There is a bookplate on the verso of the top cover that reads “Catherine… Read More