Quarto. [1] xii 172 p. 80 steel engraved plates, coloured later by hand; illustrated with numerous scenes along the Bosphorus, a reference map, and a portrait of the authoress; 29 cm in size. Blue crushed morocco; all edges gilt; gilt in rule to boards; raised spine comprised of six compartments, all with an identical gilt floral motif, excepting the second compartment which is lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; hinges cracked and worn; inner dentelles in blind. Minor wear to upper board; Frontispiece loose. Contents are mostly good and clean. A few plates have some foxing. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. Miss Pardoe. 2. Title page. Scene on the Barbyses, in the Valley of Sweet Waters. 3. Palace of the Sweet Waters. 4. Court of the Mosque of Eyoub. 5. Cemetery & Mosque of Ayub (Eyyub). 6. The Golden Horn, from the Cemetery of Eyoub. 7. Cooling Room of a Hammam. 8. Scene from above the New Palace of Beshik-Tash. 9. The Bosphorus, from above Beshik-Tash. (Looking North) 10. The Castles of Europe and Asia. 11. Fountain near the Asian Valley of Sweet Waters, on the Bosphorus. 12. Aqueduct of the Greek Emperors, near Pyrgo. 13. Mausoleum of Solyman the Magnificent and Roxalana. 14. Interior of the Mausoleum of Sultan Solyman. 15. Yeni Djami, or Mosque of the Sultana Valide. 16. Great Avenue in the Tchartchi. 17. The Armoury Bazar. 18. A scene in the Tchartchi. 19. Kaimac shop in the Tchartchi. 20. Fountain in Galata. 21. View from Mount Bulgurlhu. 22. Turkish country houses on the Bosphorus. 23. Mosque of Sultana Valide. 24. The Atmeidan or Hippodrome. 25. Court of the Mosque of Sultan Achmet. 26. Column of Marcian. 27. Cemetery of Scutari. 28. Fountain at Scutari. 29. Musicians at the Asian Valley of Sweet Waters. 30. The Summer Palace at Beglier-Bey. 31. Court and Fountain of St. Sophia. 32. Interior of St. Sophia's. 33. View from the Okmeidan. 34. The Column of Theodosius. 35. Fountain and Square of St. Sophia. 36. Third Court of the Serai Bournou. 37. Fourth Court of the Serai Bournou. 38. Fountain and Market at Tophanne. 39. The City Walls. (Descending to the Port) 40. Top Kapousi, or the Cannongate. 41. Fountain & Mosque of Chahzade. 42. Mosque of Suleimanie from the Seraskier's Tower. 43. Interior of the Mosque of Suleimanie. 44. The Mihrab of the Mosque of Suleimanie. 45. The Port of Constantinople. 46. Entrance to the Black Sea. (From the Giants Grave) 47. The Bosphorus. (Opposite the Genoese Castle) 48. Therapia and the Giants Grave. 49. Buyuk-Dere. (From the Giants Grave) 50. Palace of Belisarius. 51. The Seraglio Point. 52. Yennikeuij on the Bosphorus. 53. Dolma-Batche. (From the Necropolis of Pera) 54. A Bendt, in the Forest above Belgrade. 55. Aqueduct of Valens. (In the City) 56. Cistern of Bin-Veber-Direg. (Or the Thousand and One) 57. Yere Batan Serai. 58. Mosque of Bajazet, with the Seraskier's Gate. 59. Court of the Mosque of Bajazet. 60. The Sea of Marmora. (From the Seraskiers Tower) 61. Riven Tower near the Top Kapousi. 62. Istenia near Rapia. 63. The Arsenal from Pera. 64. The Tower of Galata. 65. The Floating Bridge. 66. The Tchernberle Tash, or Burnt Pillar. 67. View from the ferry at Scutari. 68. Constantinople. 69. Entrance to the Seven Towers. 70. A Turkish apartment in the Fanar. 71. The Mosque of Osmanie. (From the Slave Market) 72. The Petit Champ-des-Morts, Pera. 73. Tombs in the cemetery of Scutari. 74. The Guz Couli, or Maiden's Tower. 75. Bebec, on the Bosphorus. 76. A Public Khan. 77. Fort Beil-Gorod. (On the Bosphorus) 78. Aqueduct of Baghtche Keui. 79. View through the Aqueduct of Baghtche Keui. 80. Coffee Kiosque on the Port