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Paris: Michel Lévy Frères, 1854. Full morocco, 7 1/4 inches tall. A beautiful full crushed red morocco binding by Noulhac, the great Parisian binder, with gilt raised bands, fine gilt floral tooling to the panels and superb gilt tooling to the boards. Dentelles and all edges gilt. The first edition, with 1853 on the title page but 1854 on the original wraps, which are bound in. With the bookplate of Daniel Henry Holmes. An anecdotal guide to Constantinople. In the original French.