Lot 08015

[GILLIS, Pierre] P. GYLLII DE CONSTANTINOPOLEOS TOPOGRAPHIA lib. IV, Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden), Ex officina  Elzeviriania, Anno 1632. In-32mo (11.5cm x 6cm), p. 422,[6 Index]. Engraved frontispiece of the city of Constantinople, headings and capitals.

P. Gillis was a 16th-century French naturalist whose works ranged from topographical to studies of Mediterranean fish. His most famous work was De Topographia Constantinopoleos, a topographical sketch of the city of Constantinople and Byzantine culture and politics. Published by Elzevier in Leiden, this 1632 first edition features the classic illustrated title page that Elzevier was known for. Complete.

Contemporary calf binding with restored back, gilt decorated boards and spine (heavily rubbed); red edge pages, clean and tight throughout. With an ex-libris label (Robert Bouvier). Willems 367; Goldsmid II, 66. Rare and Good copy.