Author

DALLAWAY, James.

Title

Constantinople ancient and modern,
with excursions to the shores and islands of the Archipelago and to the Troad.

Published, Date

T. Bensley, London1797

Description

First edition. 4to., xii, 415, [vii]pp., ad at end, engraved vignette title, map and 9 aquatint plates, contemporary half russia, marbled boards and edges, neat repairs to spine, an excellent copy.

Note

Dallaway spent 18 months as chaplain with Liston's embassy to the Porte (1794-6). He travelled to Constantinople overland with Liston's entourage, which included John Sibthorp, author of Flora Graeca, and Gaetano Mercati who became Liston's draughtsman. Dallaway and J.B.S. Morritt travelled through the Troad, together with Mercati. Both Dallaway's and Morritt's works use Mercati's drawings, though they have only one in common. Morritt's book, A Vindication of Homer, appeared in 1798, and it is useful to see the two works as companion pieces. (Blackmer).

References

Atabey 308; Blackmer 441; Weber 640; Abbey Travel 392 for large paper copy.

Stock Number

84520