Illustrations of Constantinople, [1838], first edition, deluxe issue, contemporary portfolio

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Los 151 | Illustrations of Constantinople, [1838], first edition, deluxe issue, contemporary portfolio
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Illustrations of Constantinople. [London: C. Hullmandel for T. McLean, 1838]

First edition, deluxe issue (with the plates finely hand-coloured and mounted on card), large folio (552 x 402mm.), no title or text, 25 (of 28) lithographed plates on 23 mounts, contemporary portfolio, contemporary dark green half morocco portfolio over silk boards, spine and upper cover labelled in gilt, some spotting, wear to portfolio (with repairs to spine ends)

THE RARE DELUXE ISSUE, as originally issued (loose within a portfolio without a title or dedication, though the illustration for the title is included). Lewis (1804-1876) "was one of the most sympathetic of Orientalist painters", and this work exemplifies the skill of his illustrations. The residence referred to in the title was not Lewis's, but John Richard Coke Smyth's, although following the publication of Illustrations of Constantinople the former did travel extensively in the East. Coke Smyth made his sketches during a two year stint in Constantinople as an unpaid attaché. He later accompanied the Earl of Durham to Canada in 1838 as a drawing master to the Earl's daughters and some of his work during the visit was published by McLean as Sketches in Canada.
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