Eastern Europe Illustrated

Eastern Europe Illustrated, A Series of One Hundred and Sixty Views on the Bosphorus & the Danube from Original Drawings by W.H. Bartlett, and other artists. With Historical and Topographical Descriptions.

 

The Bosphorus by Miss Pardoe, Author of “The City of the Sultan”, “Life and Court of Louis XIV”, &c.; Member of the Royal Antiquarian Society of Morinia.

 

The Danube by W. Beattie, M.D., of The Historical Institute of France, &c.

London and New York: Virtue and Co., n.d. (1840 ca.)

£ 500

4to. With original green paper wrappers. Incomplete, parts 1 to 16 only (up to p. 118 of The Beauties of the Bosphorus by J. Pardoe, The Danube is missing completely). Numerous full plate engravings with tissue guards. Minor tearing (mostly on margins) and slight browning; some covers detached; pages mostly clean and crisp. Overall, in good condition.