Constantinople et le Bosphore de Thrace, pendant les années 1812, 1813 et 1814, et pendant l'année 1826, avec un atlas composé de six planches gravées, et de quatre paysages lithographiés

First edition and first issue of the illustrations, without the table of plates which was later printed at the bottom of page XLIII and the beginning of page XLIV of the text volume (cf. Louandre et Bourquelot, I, p. 46. Blackmer, 33, mentions a large folding map bound in the atlas which, in fact, does not belong to the work).

The atlas volume contains the complete set of 10 plates, including 4 lithographs engraved by Faure after drawings by Préaux and lithographed by Langlumé.

Text volume bound in contemporary full tree calf, flat spine gilt with double fillets and naval anchors, red morocco label, gilt roll tooling to head- and tailpieces, gilt rolls framing the boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, red edges, gilt fillets on board edges.

Atlas volume bound in contemporary half marbled calf, flat spine with gilt double fillets, red morocco label, marbled paper-covered boards.

Some minor foxing to the atlas, small restoration to the title-page of the text volume.

A rare and appealing set.

Lieutenant General of Artillery and former member of the Egyptian campaign, Count Andréossy (1761–1828) had already served several diplomatic missions in London and Vienna when Napoleon appointed him ambassador to Constantinople.

During his stay, he gathered valuable information on the geography, government, and antiquities of the city and the Bosphorus region.

The first plate of the atlas concerns geology; the next five relate to the water systems around Constantinople (rivers, aqueducts, cisterns); and the final four, lithographed plates, depict picturesque views: the At-Meïdani (Hippodrome square) with the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, the Castles of Europe and Asia and the Fountain of Sultan Selim, caves and volcanic grounds in the Gulf of Kabakos on the Black Sea Canal, and the Fort of Kila on the Black Sea with its soutèrazi.