ΠΑΣΠΑΤΗΣ (PASPATES) A., “ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΑΙ ΜΕΛΕΤΑΙ ΤΟΠΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΗ ΚΑΙ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΗ”, Constantinople 1877. First and only edition of a fine work on Constantinople by the Greek Constantinopolitan Doctor Paspates. 4to (28x21cm), pp.415. Complete, with more than 30 fine lithographs. Fine contemporary Constantinopolitan full leather binding. Pages 369-375 and the index, replaced with contemporary text in pen and bound together with the rest of the printed sheets. Paspates, a native of the city describes his city. The book is divided in three parts. The first part is an early description of byzantine monuments. The second presents an attempt to reconstruct the medieval trade history of the city, while the third part is the first attempt to identify all the still existing at that time byzantine churches of the city, accompanied by fine lithographs. An influential work for the byzantine monuments of Constantinople.