Konstantinopel [Berühmte Kunststätten No. 11]

Leipzig; Berlin: E. A. Seemann, 1901. First edition. Softcover. g- to vg. Quarto. [6], 201, [5]pp. Original illustrated soft cloth, with gold lettering to front cover and spine. All paper edges red. Publisher's logo on title page. Decorative initials. Illustrated with no less than 103 b/w photographic reproductions, this work is a remarkable history of Constantinople, a city famed for its architectural masterpieces (the Greek Orthodox cathedral of Hagia Sophia, the sacred Imperial Palace where the Emperors lived, the Galata Tower, the Hippodrome, and the Golden Gate), and its numerous artistic and literary treasures. Moderate rubbing and offsetting on spine and along edges of wrappers. Text in German, gothic script. Wrappers in overall good- to good, interior in very good condition.