![89Fossati (Gaspard) Aya Sophia Constantinople as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid, first edition, ordinary format, chromolithograph title and 25 tinted lithographs by Louis Haghe, one detached and loosely inserted, several plates captioned by hand in pencil, plate-guards, text in French, occasional faint water-staining, spotting, twentieth-century crushed morocco backed boards, title in gilt from original cloth trimmed and laid onto upper boards, cracked joints, rubbing to joints and spine extremities, [Abbey Travel 397; Atabey 454; Blackmer 619], folio, 1852.
*** This work was produced in three formats, of which this is the ordinary format with the plates unmounted and tinted.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/780a11d4-996b-ef11-a673-7c1e52040a69/68204d60-cd8b-ef11-ac23-7c1e5204c90d.webp "89Fossati (Gaspard) Aya Sophia Constantinople as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid, first edition, ordinary format, chromolithograph title and 25 tinted lithographs by Louis Haghe, one detached and loosely inserted, several plates captioned by hand in pencil, plate-guards, text in French, occasional faint water-staining, spotting, twentieth-century crushed morocco backed boards, title in gilt from original cloth trimmed and laid onto upper boards, cracked joints, rubbing to joints and spine extremities, [Abbey Travel 397; Atabey 454; Blackmer 619], folio, 1852.
*** This work was produced in three formats, of which this is the ordinary format with the plates unmounted and tinted.")
![89Fossati (Gaspard) Aya Sophia Constantinople as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid, first edition, ordinary format, chromolithograph title and 25 tinted lithographs by Louis Haghe, one detached and loosely inserted, several plates captioned by hand in pencil, plate-guards, text in French, occasional faint water-staining, spotting, twentieth-century crushed morocco backed boards, title in gilt from original cloth trimmed and laid onto upper boards, cracked joints, rubbing to joints and spine extremities, [Abbey Travel 397; Atabey 454; Blackmer 619], folio, 1852.
*** This work was produced in three formats, of which this is the ordinary format with the plates unmounted and tinted.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/780a11d4-996b-ef11-a673-7c1e52040a69/53204d60-cd8b-ef11-ac23-7c1e5204c90d.webp "89Fossati (Gaspard) Aya Sophia Constantinople as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid, first edition, ordinary format, chromolithograph title and 25 tinted lithographs by Louis Haghe, one detached and loosely inserted, several plates captioned by hand in pencil, plate-guards, text in French, occasional faint water-staining, spotting, twentieth-century crushed morocco backed boards, title in gilt from original cloth trimmed and laid onto upper boards, cracked joints, rubbing to joints and spine extremities, [Abbey Travel 397; Atabey 454; Blackmer 619], folio, 1852.
*** This work was produced in three formats, of which this is the ordinary format with the plates unmounted and tinted.")
![89Fossati (Gaspard) Aya Sophia Constantinople as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid, first edition, ordinary format, chromolithograph title and 25 tinted lithographs by Louis Haghe, one detached and loosely inserted, several plates captioned by hand in pencil, plate-guards, text in French, occasional faint water-staining, spotting, twentieth-century crushed morocco backed boards, title in gilt from original cloth trimmed and laid onto upper boards, cracked joints, rubbing to joints and spine extremities, [Abbey Travel 397; Atabey 454; Blackmer 619], folio, 1852.
*** This work was produced in three formats, of which this is the ordinary format with the plates unmounted and tinted.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/780a11d4-996b-ef11-a673-7c1e52040a69/5d204d60-cd8b-ef11-ac23-7c1e5204c90d.webp "89Fossati (Gaspard) Aya Sophia Constantinople as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid, first edition, ordinary format, chromolithograph title and 25 tinted lithographs by Louis Haghe, one detached and loosely inserted, several plates captioned by hand in pencil, plate-guards, text in French, occasional faint water-staining, spotting, twentieth-century crushed morocco backed boards, title in gilt from original cloth trimmed and laid onto upper boards, cracked joints, rubbing to joints and spine extremities, [Abbey Travel 397; Atabey 454; Blackmer 619], folio, 1852.
*** This work was produced in three formats, of which this is the ordinary format with the plates unmounted and tinted.")
![89Fossati (Gaspard) Aya Sophia Constantinople as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid, first edition, ordinary format, chromolithograph title and 25 tinted lithographs by Louis Haghe, one detached and loosely inserted, several plates captioned by hand in pencil, plate-guards, text in French, occasional faint water-staining, spotting, twentieth-century crushed morocco backed boards, title in gilt from original cloth trimmed and laid onto upper boards, cracked joints, rubbing to joints and spine extremities, [Abbey Travel 397; Atabey 454; Blackmer 619], folio, 1852.
*** This work was produced in three formats, of which this is the ordinary format with the plates unmounted and tinted.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/small/780a11d4-996b-ef11-a673-7c1e52040a69/68204d60-cd8b-ef11-ac23-7c1e5204c90d.webp "89Fossati (Gaspard) Aya Sophia Constantinople as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid, first edition, ordinary format, chromolithograph title and 25 tinted lithographs by Louis Haghe, one detached and loosely inserted, several plates captioned by hand in pencil, plate-guards, text in French, occasional faint water-staining, spotting, twentieth-century crushed morocco backed boards, title in gilt from original cloth trimmed and laid onto upper boards, cracked joints, rubbing to joints and spine extremities, [Abbey Travel 397; Atabey 454; Blackmer 619], folio, 1852.
*** This work was produced in three formats, of which this is the ordinary format with the plates unmounted and tinted.")
![89Fossati (Gaspard) Aya Sophia Constantinople as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid, first edition, ordinary format, chromolithograph title and 25 tinted lithographs by Louis Haghe, one detached and loosely inserted, several plates captioned by hand in pencil, plate-guards, text in French, occasional faint water-staining, spotting, twentieth-century crushed morocco backed boards, title in gilt from original cloth trimmed and laid onto upper boards, cracked joints, rubbing to joints and spine extremities, [Abbey Travel 397; Atabey 454; Blackmer 619], folio, 1852.
*** This work was produced in three formats, of which this is the ordinary format with the plates unmounted and tinted.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/small/780a11d4-996b-ef11-a673-7c1e52040a69/53204d60-cd8b-ef11-ac23-7c1e5204c90d.webp "89Fossati (Gaspard) Aya Sophia Constantinople as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid, first edition, ordinary format, chromolithograph title and 25 tinted lithographs by Louis Haghe, one detached and loosely inserted, several plates captioned by hand in pencil, plate-guards, text in French, occasional faint water-staining, spotting, twentieth-century crushed morocco backed boards, title in gilt from original cloth trimmed and laid onto upper boards, cracked joints, rubbing to joints and spine extremities, [Abbey Travel 397; Atabey 454; Blackmer 619], folio, 1852.
*** This work was produced in three formats, of which this is the ordinary format with the plates unmounted and tinted.")
![89Fossati (Gaspard) Aya Sophia Constantinople as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid, first edition, ordinary format, chromolithograph title and 25 tinted lithographs by Louis Haghe, one detached and loosely inserted, several plates captioned by hand in pencil, plate-guards, text in French, occasional faint water-staining, spotting, twentieth-century crushed morocco backed boards, title in gilt from original cloth trimmed and laid onto upper boards, cracked joints, rubbing to joints and spine extremities, [Abbey Travel 397; Atabey 454; Blackmer 619], folio, 1852.
*** This work was produced in three formats, of which this is the ordinary format with the plates unmounted and tinted.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/small/780a11d4-996b-ef11-a673-7c1e52040a69/5d204d60-cd8b-ef11-ac23-7c1e5204c90d.webp "89Fossati (Gaspard) Aya Sophia Constantinople as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid, first edition, ordinary format, chromolithograph title and 25 tinted lithographs by Louis Haghe, one detached and loosely inserted, several plates captioned by hand in pencil, plate-guards, text in French, occasional faint water-staining, spotting, twentieth-century crushed morocco backed boards, title in gilt from original cloth trimmed and laid onto upper boards, cracked joints, rubbing to joints and spine extremities, [Abbey Travel 397; Atabey 454; Blackmer 619], folio, 1852.
*** This work was produced in three formats, of which this is the ordinary format with the plates unmounted and tinted.")
Lot 89
Fossati (Gaspard) Aya Sophia Constantinople as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid, first edition, ordinary format, 1852.
Hammer Price: £9,000
Description
Fossati (Gaspard) Aya Sophia Constantinople as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid, first edition, ordinary format, chromolithograph title and 25 tinted lithographs by Louis Haghe, one detached and loosely inserted, several plates captioned by hand in pencil, plate-guards, text in French, occasional faint water-staining, spotting, twentieth-century crushed morocco backed boards, title in gilt from original cloth trimmed and laid onto upper boards, cracked joints, rubbing to joints and spine extremities, [Abbey Travel 397; Atabey 454; Blackmer 619], folio, 1852.
⁂ This work was produced in three formats, of which this is the ordinary format with the plates unmounted and tinted.
"Fossati, an Italian who was the court architect in Russia, travelled to Constantinople in 1837 to undertake work on the Russian embassy building. In 1845, when the work on the building was finished, he entered the service of Porte. In 1847 he was charged with the restoration of Aghia Sophia. Part of his task involved uncovering the mosaics, which were subsequently re-covered. This book is important for the understanding of this stupendous monument." (Atabey)
Description
Fossati (Gaspard) Aya Sophia Constantinople as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid, first edition, ordinary format, chromolithograph title and 25 tinted lithographs by Louis Haghe, one detached and loosely inserted, several plates captioned by hand in pencil, plate-guards, text in French, occasional faint water-staining, spotting, twentieth-century crushed morocco backed boards, title in gilt from original cloth trimmed and laid onto upper boards, cracked joints, rubbing to joints and spine extremities, [Abbey Travel 397; Atabey 454; Blackmer 619], folio, 1852.
⁂ This work was produced in three formats, of which this is the ordinary format with the plates unmounted and tinted.
"Fossati, an Italian who was the court architect in Russia, travelled to Constantinople in 1837 to undertake work on the Russian embassy building. In 1845, when the work on the building was finished, he entered the service of Porte. In 1847 he was charged with the restoration of Aghia Sophia. Part of his task involved uncovering the mosaics, which were subsequently re-covered. This book is important for the understanding of this stupendous monument." (Atabey)
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