De Amicis E.: “Konstantinopel.” Rostock 1882 First edition in German, in 8vo 18x13cm, original red cloth rubbed and faded, two volumes in one, complete 239p.,239p.,text clean and bright, overall very good Edmondo De Amicis (1846-1908) was an Italian novelist and journalist who traveled widely. He spent one year in Constantinople, during the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-78 and his description of Constantinople (first published in Italian in1878) became soon the standard travel account for Constantinople and the Levant. The German edition is scarce.