Lot 08141

ENAULT Louis, “Constantinople et la Turquie. Tableau historique, pittoresque, statistique et moral de l’empire Ottoman”, Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1855.

First edition. 8vo, pp. vii, 455. A detailed description of all the aspects of the Ottoman Empire in the middle of 19th century. The French journalist Louis Enault (1824-1900) travelled extensively in the Levant during the early 1850s. His description of the Ottoman Levant is accurate and comprehensive. Rare.

Rebound with modern marbled thick boards and spine, title in gilt on leather strip on spine. Foxing throughout.

Atabey 400, not in Blackmer