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Aya Sofia, Constantinople, as recently restored by order of H.M. the sultan Abdul-Medjid. From the original drawings by Chevalier Gaspard Fossati. Lithographed by Louis Haghe, esq.

Accession number
PML 198730
Creator
Fossati, Gaspare, 1809-1883.
Published
London : Colnaghi & Co., 1852
Credit line
Gift of Georgia A. Fraleigh in honor of Mr. and Mrs. William Norman Fraleigh, 2021.
Notes
"Description historique des planches" edited from the notes of Fossati by A. de Beaumont (6 p.).
The deluxe ten-guinea issue, with the lithograph plates mounted on cards and lacking the signatures and imprints.
Description
6 pages illustrations (plans) 26 mounted color plates (including t.-p.) 57 x 47 cm
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Christopher Turnor. Purchased in the 1940s by William Norman Fraleigh when he was Vice Consul in Istanbul.
Binding
Half black morocco and marbled boards, all edges gilt.
Classification
Department