Lot 133: GILLES, PIERRE.

GILLES, PIERRE. THE ANTIQUITIES OF CONSTANTINOPLE. WITH A DESCRIPTION OF ITS SITUATION, THE CONVENIENCES OF ITS PORT, ITS PUBLIC BUILDINGS... AND OTHER CURIOSITIES OF THAT CITY... TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH... BY JOHN BALL. LONDON : PRINTED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TRANSLATOR, 1729 First edition in English, 2 parts in one volume, 8vo (199 x 123mm.), engraved frontispiece and title, 11 plates, 3 folding, engraved illustration at end of text, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, contemporary speckled calf, [Atabey 498; Blackmer 688; Weber II, 679], plan of Constantinople with short repaired tear, spine and extremities lightly rubbed