Lot 202
Preziosi (Amedeo) Stamboul: Recollections of Eastern Life, first edition, Paris, Lemercier, 1858
Hammer Price: £5,000
Description
Preziosi (Amedeo) Stamboul: Recollections of Eastern Life, first edition, lithograph title, 29 chromolithographs, captioned in English and French, plate-guards, lacking contents f., marginal spotting and faint soiling, original blind-stamped cloth, Arabic lettering in gilt to upper cover, rubbing to corners and extremities, [Atabey 999; Blackmer 1353], oblong folio, Paris, Lemercier, 1858.
⁂ Provenance. The Jacques Levy copy, last sold at Sotheby's in 2012.
Description
Preziosi (Amedeo) Stamboul: Recollections of Eastern Life, first edition, lithograph title, 29 chromolithographs, captioned in English and French, plate-guards, lacking contents f., marginal spotting and faint soiling, original blind-stamped cloth, Arabic lettering in gilt to upper cover, rubbing to corners and extremities, [Atabey 999; Blackmer 1353], oblong folio, Paris, Lemercier, 1858.
⁂ Provenance. The Jacques Levy copy, last sold at Sotheby's in 2012.