Lot 32
Brindesi (Jean) Souvenirs de Constantinople, first edition, [Paris], [1855-60].
Hammer Price: £4,000
Description
Brindesi (Jean) Souvenirs de Constantinople, first edition, tinted lithograph title finished by hand, 20 chromolithographs, light cockling to sheets, light marginal finger-soiling, housed in modern dropback box, original cloth trimmed and pasted to lid, [Atabey 152; Blackmer 207], oblong folio, [Paris], [1855-60].
⁂ Blackmer notes that nothing is really known about Brindesi beyond this publication. Whilst Atabey notes, 'According to Colas this work should have a lithographed title and 21 plates, but all copies seen thus far have contained only 20 plates.'
Description
Brindesi (Jean) Souvenirs de Constantinople, first edition, tinted lithograph title finished by hand, 20 chromolithographs, light cockling to sheets, light marginal finger-soiling, housed in modern dropback box, original cloth trimmed and pasted to lid, [Atabey 152; Blackmer 207], oblong folio, [Paris], [1855-60].
⁂ Blackmer notes that nothing is really known about Brindesi beyond this publication. Whilst Atabey notes, 'According to Colas this work should have a lithographed title and 21 plates, but all copies seen thus far have contained only 20 plates.'