Coloured plates; maps; 29 cm - 4to. Crushed green morocco binding with gilt rule and devices to boards; raised spine comprised of six separate compartments, each with an identical gilt motif, excepting the second compartment, which is lettered in gilt; all edges gilt; attractive gilt inner dentelles; marbled endpapers; hinges cracked and worn; 2 vols in 1. With 2 Engraved t.p.s; 2 frontispieces; 2 maps (1 double-page), and 92 plates in total by Thomas Allom. [4]xxxvi 84 [4]100p. Walsh accepted the offer of chaplaincy to the British embassy at Constantinople, remaining in that post for some years, during which time he made many extensive expeditions through Turkey and other parts of Asia. Having obtained a medical degree, he practiced as a physician on various occasions while in the more remote parts of that continent. From Constantinople, he went to the embassy at St. Petersburg, to which he had been appointed chaplain but only remained there a little while proceeding in 1828 to Rio de Janeiro. His investigations of the extent of the slave trade in Brazil led to his being placed on the Society for the Abolition of Slavery committee. In 1831, he was again sent to Constantinople on his return to England. Allom Thomas 1804-1872. He was as much artist as architect... he furnished the drawings for the series of illustrated works upon which his reputation rests. These may be named his Cumberland and Westmoreland Devonshire and Cornwall Scotland France, Constantinople Asia Minor, and China. He exhibited for many years at the Royal Academy, where his charming pencil usually gained a place of honour. He was frequently called upon to assist his professional brethren, and few artists forget the vigour and beauty of the drawings. Coloured plates in order: Volume 1. 1. Frontispiece. Constantinople. 2. Vignette title page. Fountain & Market place of Tophana. 3. Roumeli Hissar, or the Castle of Europe. On the Bosphorus. 4. The Great Cemetery of Scutari. 5. The Cistern of Ben-bir-derek. Called the Thousand & One Pillars. 6. Mosque of Sultan Soliman. From the outer Court. 7. The Mosque of Sultan Achmet. 8. Tophana-Entrance to Pera. 9. State Prison of "The Seven Towers." Looking over the Sea of Marmora. 10. Constantinople and the Petit Champ des Morts. From the heights of Pera. 11. Gate of Entrance to the Reception Room of the Seraglio. 12. Mount Olympus and Brusa. Asia Minor. 13. Emir Sultan, Brusa. Asia Minor. 14. The Valley of Guiuk-Suey, the Sweet Waters of Asia. 15. The Bath. 16. The Aurut Bazaar, or Slave Market. Constantinople. 17. The Mosque of Yeni Jami. 18. Baluk Hana and Market of Fishing for the Red Mullet. 19. The Great Bazaar, Constantinople. 20. The Armeidan, or Hippodrome, & Mosque of Achmet. With the Column of Constantinople and Egyptian Obelisk. 21. The Mosque of Santa Sophia. From the Gallery. 22. Procession of the Sultan, Street of the Tombs, Eyoub, Constantinople. 23. The Valley of Unkiariskillessi, or the Sultan's Stairs. 24. Entrance to the Bosphorus from the Black Sea. Viewed from the Giant's Mountain. 25. Ancient Archway & Cavern in the Balkan Mountains. 26. Pass in the Balkan Mountains by Haidhos. 27. Route through the Balkan. On the frontiers of Bulgaria & Roumania. 28. The Sweet Waters of Europe, Constantinople. 29. Interior of a Turkish Caffinet, Constantinople. 30. The Village of Babec, on the Bosphorus. 31. Phesus. The Castle of Aiasaluk is in the distance. 32. Greek Priests House, near Yeni-Kuey. On the Bosphorus. 33. Sardis. 34. The Palace of Said Pasha, on one of the Rapids of the Bosphorus. 35. The Ruins of Hierapolis - now called Pambouk Kalesi. 36. Philadelphia. Called by the Turks Allah Sher 'the City of God'. 37. Pass in the Balkan Mountains, on the Bulgarian side. 38. Mosque of Sultan Selim at Scutari. 39. Mosque of Mahmoud II, at Tophana. 40. Caravansary at Guzel-Hissar, on the Meander. Asia Minor. 41. Anadoli Hissar - or the Castle of Asia & the Hill of Kandeli. On the Bosphorus. Asia Minor. 42. Outer Cooling Room of the Bath. Near Psamatia Kapousi, Constantinople. 43. The Acropolis of Pergamus. Asia Minor. 44. The Triple Wall of Constantinople. On the Landside, near Top Kapousi. 45. Yere-Batan-Serai, Constantinople. 46. Kiz-Koulai -Leander's, or the Maiden's Tower, on the Bosphorus. 47. Mosque of Shah-za-deh Djamesi. Volume 2. 48. Frontispiece. Apartment in the Palace of Eyoub, the residence of Asme Sultana, Constantinople. 49. Vignette title page. Gardens of the Seraglio, Constantinople. 50. Obelisk of Theodosius in the Atmeidan. 51. The Sultan's New Palace, on the Bosphorus. 52. A Street in Smyrna. Asia Minor. 53. Mosque of Buyuk Djami, Scutari. Asia Minor. 54. Fountain near the Baba Hummayoun, or Great Gate of the Seraglio, Constantinople. 55. The Castle of Smyrna. Asia Minor. 56. The City of Magnesia and Mount Sipylus. Asia Minor. 57. Inner Court of the Mosque of Sultan Osman, Constantinople. 58. The Metropolitan Church at Magnesia, Asia Minor. Installation of the Bishop. 59. The Ruins of Hierapolis, from the Theatre. Asia Minor. 60. The Princes Islands from the Monastery of the Trinity. 61. Monastery of St. George of the Precipice. Princess Islands. 62. Guzel-Hissar and the plain of the Meander. 63. Greek Church of Baloukli, near Constantinople. 64. Greek Church of St. Theodore, Pergamus. Asia Minor. 65. Remains of the Church of St. John, Pergamus. Asia Minor. 66. Mosque of St. Sophia, & Fountain of the Seraglio. 67. Pass and Waterfall in the Balkan Mountains. 68. The City of Thyatira. Asia Minor. 69. Constantinople from the Heights above Eyoub. 70. Mausoleum of Sultan Mahomed Brusa. Asia Minor. 71. Spring of the Miraculous Fishes at Baloukli, near Constantinople. 72. Ascent of the High-Balkan Mountains. Rumelia. 73. Interior of a Harem. Constantinople. 74. Constantinople from Cassim Pasha. 75. Village in Roumelia, near Adrianople. 76. Cavalry Barracks on the Bosphorus. 77. Entrance to the Divan, Constantiople. 78. The Medak or Eastern Story-Teller, Constantinople. 79. A Street in the Suburbs of Adrianople. 80. The Fort & Town of Silivria, the Ancient Selymbria. 81. A Turkish Letter-writer at Constantinople. 82. The Square of the Fountain, Adrianople. 83. Ioannina, the Capital of Albania. Turkey in Europe. 84. The Favourite Odalique. 85. Smyrna, from the Harbour. Aia Minor. 86. The Castle of Argyro-Castro, Albania. Turkey in Europe. 87. Town & Castle of Paramythia, Albania. Turkey in Europe. 88. The Sultana in her State Arrhuba. Constantinople. 89. Tomb of Ali Pacha & Fatima in the Court of the Seraglio. Ioannina, Albania. 90. Halt of Caravaniers at a Serai. Bulgaria. 91. The Ruins of Laodicea. Asia Minor. 92. The Castle of Parga, Albania. Turkey in Europe. 93. Valley of the Suli, the ancient Acheron. Albania. 94. Scutari -and the Maiden Tower. On the Bosphorus. 95. Governor's House, Philadelphia. Asia Minor. 96. The Gygean Lake and Place of the Thousand Tombs. Asia Minor.