Lot 08182

DIEHL Charles, “Constantinople”. SECOND EDITION, Paris, Librairie Renouard, H. Laurens, 1935. 4to, pp.176, with 115 illustrations of monuments in the text. The Byzantinist Charles Dielh, arrived in Constantinople in 1920 after publishing his work about Thessaloniki’s Byzantine monuments. Political events did not allow him to finish his scientific researches, and he finally left with the allied forces in late 1922. He describes the Byzantine remaining monuments, the fine Byzantine Churches, as well as, at the end, several Ottoman monuments in the city, illustrated with more than 100 photos. Texts in French. Personal Bookbinding (clothed). Original Soft Covers preserved. Very Good copy.