as recently restored by order of H.M. the sultan Abdul-Medjid Fossati, Gaspare 1809-1883 Haghe, Louis 1806-1885 Beaumont, Adalbert de vicomte text text enk London Colnaghi & Co. 1852 monographic eng

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6 pages, 26 mounted color plate (including t.-pages) : illustrations (plans) ; 57 x 50 cm.

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from the original drawings by Chevalier Gaspard Fossati ; lithographed by Louis Haghe, esq. First edition, very clean throughout. The Swiss architect Fossati (1809-83) worked in Russia for a while before coming to Constantinople in 1838 as architect to the Russian court. After building the Russian embassy, he in 1845 entered the service of the Sultan, for whom he restored the Hagia Sophia. The "description historique des planches" was edited from Fossati's notes by the vicomte Adalbert de Beaumont. - Wants plates 3 (nave of Ayasofya Mosque, facing east; with groups of men in traditional dress) and 19 (exterior view of Ayasofya Mosque, courtyard of mausoleums in the foreground; with groups of men and women in traditional dress), but includes facsimiles thereof. A good copy. "Description historique des planches" edited from the notes of Fossati by A. de Beaumont (6 p.). Main Heritage Shelves General NA5870.S3 F67 1852 Book Item-ID: i23414534 BIB-ID: 1507126 Ayasofya Müzesi. NA5870.S3 F67 1852 12010953 35574301 DLC 960903 20130917014320.0 ocm35574301 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24) eng