[Conder, Josiah].

Turkey / [in: The Modern Traveller- A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe].

London, Printed for James Duncan, 1827. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. IV, 356 pages. With 4 black and white engravings showing: 1. View of Constantinople / 2. Plan of Ditto / 3. Monastery of Meteora / 4. Ioannina. Original Hardcover, decorative full leather. Full leather with gilted ornaments to outer margins of interior boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Gilt ornament and raised bands on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding rubbed but firm. Minor foxing. [Volume 14 of the Series “The Modern Traveller”].

Includes for example the following chapters: Boundaries of European Turkey / Population of the Turkish Empire / Origin of the Turks / History of the Ottoman Empire / Description of Constantinople / Gallipoli / Adrianople / History of the Bulgarians / Mount Athos / The Vale of Tempe / Larissa / Ioannina / From Constantinople to Salonika etc.

• Keywords: 19th Century – Rare · Books with vintage Maps · Constantinople · Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 · Travel · Turkey · Turkish History · Turkish history
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 200484AB

EUR 275,--