JEAN-BAPTISTE P., “SAINT POLYCARPE ET SON TOMBEAU SUR LE PAGUS. Notice Historique Sur La Ville De Smyrne, avec 32 illustrations hors texte”, Constantinople: Imprimerie F. Loeffler, 1911. Small 8vo, p. xi, 351. With 32 illustrations out of text, including 2 plans, 1 view and 1 folded map of the region of Smyrna. The account of the execution of Saint Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, is the oldest testimony of the death of a martyr. The history of Smyrna from the origins to early Christian times, then in modern times, occupies a large part of this study. Original covers (soft paper) with medium wear, clean and tight inside. Good and rare copy overall.