Etudes sur les Tchinghianés ou Bohémiens de l'Empire Ottoman

First edition.

Half blue shagreen, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt floral tools within blind-ruled compartments, blind fillet borders on indigo percaline boards, boards with marginal soiling at foot, brown paper endleaves and pastedowns, modern bookplate affixed to a pastedown, contemporary binding.

Some scattered foxing, a black ink stain on the edge not affecting the text.

The author, the Greek physician Alexandros Paspatis (1814-1891), was one of the most prominent figures of the Greek community in Constantinople, where he lived from 1839 to 1882. He wrote numerous works on medicine, archaeology, and the history of Constantinople, in Greek, English, and French.