Constantinople.
£35.00
Publisher
J. M. Dent and Co. Aldine House, 29 and 30 Bedford Street Covent Street W.C.
Place
London
Date
1904
Synopsis
The story of the old capital of the empire by william holden hutton. illustrated by sydney cooper. second edition. (the mediaeval town series).
Item Description
8vo. 6.5 x 4.25 inches. xvi + 341 + [1] pp. Title page in red and black. Bound in contemporary limp green leather, gilt, with block on front board and gilt decorated spine. Top edge gilt. Some wear to extremities, including head and tail of spine. Wear marks on front pastedown and foxing of fore edge, flyleaves, frontispiece and title page; otherwise a very good copy with a clean interior. Illustrated by frontispiece, 5 sepia plates and by numerous text engravings, including whole page and plans and by folding plan at end. Decorated by publisher's device on title page. A volume in Dent's Medieval Town series. Well illustrated history and description of Constantinople under the Ottomans. By William Holden Hutton (1860-1930), historian, priest and Dean of Winchester, 1919-30. First published 1900. Attractive limp leather edition.
[Stock No. 29086]
