DE AMICIS EDMONDO, “CONSTANTINOPLE, ouvrage traduit d’Italien avec l’autorisation de l’auteur par Mme J. Colomb et illustre de 183 reproductions de dessins pris sur nature par C. Biseo”, Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1883. 4to, pp.452. The author, an Italian novelist, journalist and poet, gave us an impressive and vivid travelogue of the time about Constantinople and its region. People, images, monuments, cultures, and religions, all described in colorful details. Text in French. Original binding, illustrated percaline Leather spine and corners, gilded title and decoration, carton boards, golden slices. 452 illustrated pages of 183 black and white drawings, in and out of text. Marginal signs of water-stains, worn along edges and joints.