Constantinople and the scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor illustrated

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Names: Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872 (Illustrator); Walsh, R. (Robert), 1772-1852 (Writer of accompanying material); Carne, John, 1789-1844 (Writer of accompanying material); Fisher, Son, & Co (Publisher); R. Martin & Co. (Distributor)
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1838 - 1840 (Questionable); Place: London, Paris; New York; Publisher: Fisher, Son & Co.; R. Martin & Co.; Issuance: multipart monograph
Library locations: George Arents Collection; Shelf locator: Arents BIP (Allom, T. Constantinople 1838) 84-58
Topics: Seven churches; Istanbul (Turkey) -- In art; Istanbul (Turkey) -- Description and travel; Turkey -- Description and travel; Turkey -- In art; Seven churches in art
Genres: Books; Illustrations; Serial publications
Notes: Content: Originally issued in 24 monthly pts. Title pages and other prelims. with pt. 24. "In about 20 to not exceeding 24 monthly parts, each containing four highly-finished engravings"--Pts. 1-23. "In forty monthly parts, each containing four highly-finished engravings"--Pt. 24.; Content: Added engraved title pages, with title: Fisher's illustrations of Constantinople and its environs, issued with pt. 1 and pt. 24.; Content: Title on covers of parts 1-23: Fishers' Constantinople and the scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor illustrated. Title on cover of part 24: Constantinople, the scenery of the seven churches of Asia, and the shores and islands of the Mediterranean.; Content: At head of title on covers of most parts: Uniform with Fisher's "Syria and the Holy Land illustrated." The parts are numbered Syria &c pt. 35-54.; Content: At head of title on covers of parts: The Turkish empire illustrated. At head of title on cover of part 24: The Turkish empire etc. illustrated.; Date: Probable dates of publication derived from covers of parts: advertisement with date Jan. 1839 on covers, pt. 8.; Content: Illustrations: 98 prints (including added title pages) : etching ; full-page. By various engravers, chiefly after Allom; include full-page and double-page map, drawn and engraved by A. Findlay.; Content: Publisher's advertisements on p. [4] of covers.; Content: Copy in Arents BIP 84-58: Pts. 21-24 in case with: The Shores and islands of the Mediterranean; Content: Parts issue: Each pt. in buff orange paper covers. Publisher's advertisements on p. [4] of covers.; Content: Copy in Arents BIP 06-414: Pt. 4 in variant covers, with title: Constantinople. Publisher's advertisements on p. [1] and [4] of covers.; Content: Copy in Arents BIP 06-414: Pt. 1 in variant dull yellow paper covers, with title: Views of Constantinople and the seven churches / by Thomas Allom ; with an historical account of Constantinople by Robert Walsh and descriptions of the seven churches by John Carne. Lithographed ill. on p. [1] of covers; publisher's advertisements on p. [4] of covers; in hand col. state.
Physical Description: Extent: 2 v. ([4], xxxvi, 84 p., [47] leaves of plates ; [4], 100 p., [51] leaves of plates) : ill., maps ; 29 cm.; Arents BIP 84-58 incomplete: lacks pt. 4, containing p. xiii-xvi, p. 21-24 and 4 leaves of plates (ser. 1). Also lacks pt. 28, containing p. 29-44 and 4 leaves of plates (ser. 2).
Type of Resource: Still image; Text; Cartographic
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: NYPG84-B29329; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b10851806; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 058ea050-a09d-0135-bb23-6fdb83cfcd35