The Antiquities of Constantinople: With a Description of its Situation, the Conveniencies of its Port, its Publick Buildings, the Statuary, Sculpture, Architecture, and other Curiosities of that City. In Four Books. Written originally in Latin by Petrus Gyllius, a Byzantine Historian. Now Translated into English and Enlarged with an Ancient Description of the Wards of that City as they stood in the Reigns of Arcadius and Honorius. With Pancirolus's Notes thereupon. T

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION 8vo. full panelled calf hardback with raised bands, dark red title label, gilt to spine. [16], 295pp. plus [9] Index, plus 63pp. Description of the City of Constantinople at end. Illustrated with engraved portrait frontispiece, 8 single-page and 3 folding engraved plates. Decorative head and tail-pieces throughout. Old ink inscription, dated 1742 to ffep and small modern bookplate to front pastedown. Small ink initials to title page. Ffep partially detached. Old worming damage to lower outer corner of front pastedown and first few pages and again at the rear of the book, but not affecting text or plates. Occasional light foxing and a few handling marks. Wear to spine edges and corners with slight loss to top and base of spine and light soiling and wear to boards. Overall a GOOD+ COPY.