Hammer, "Miniaturgemälde aus der Länder. Die Osmanen, Konstantinopel und der türkische Staat", Leipzig 1828. Second complete enlarged edition. Four volumes in one. 8vo (15x10cm), vol.1: pp.200, vol.2: pp.239, vol.3: pp.223, vol.4: pp.245, with 20 fine engraved plates (some folded) & 4 maps. Contemporary binding, rubbed, light tearing on 2 plates, otherwise clean inside and good copy. Hammer spent many years in Constantinople. This book in nearly 1000 pages provides a full image of the Ottoman society in the early 19th century. The capital, Constantinople, is accurately described, based on earlier travelers’ & authors own descriptions. The Turkish State, with its old administrative structure on the verge of collapse, is fully analyzed, giving a complete picture of Levant during the Greek Revolution. Not in Atabey or Blackmer. Rare.