first edition Hardcover
1890 · [Constantinople]
by Sebah & Joaillier [Jean Pascal Sebah & Policarpe Joaillier] (photography studio)
[Constantinople]: Sebah & Joaillier, 1890. First edition. Hardcover. vg- to vg. Oblong small folio. 12 1/4 x 14 1/4". Red pebbled cloth boards with decorative gilt ruling, tooling and lettering on the covers. Rebacked maroon leather spine. Gilt-stamped crescent moon and star motif (the national emblem of Turkey) on the back cover.
Taken from the Galata Tower, in what is now the Karaköy neighborhood of Istanbul, this magnificent panorama displays the skyline and cityscape of Constantinople, as it appeared sometime in the late 1880s or early 1890s. The panorama is comprised of 10 original albumen photographs, mounted on heavy card stock, (truncated)
Taken from the Galata Tower, in what is now the Karaköy neighborhood of Istanbul, this magnificent panorama displays the skyline and cityscape of Constantinople, as it appeared sometime in the late 1880s or early 1890s. The panorama is comprised of 10 original albumen photographs, mounted on heavy card stock, (truncated)