BEIN 1995 Folio 11: Imperfect: 1 map (Plan of Constantinople) and 16 plates wanting.

Plate impressions are oblong and bound along the top margin. Some plates are numbered, some numbers are used twice, some plates are unnumbered and interspersed. Two possible arrangements outlined in v. 1 which these seem not to follow closely. With the exception of the port. of Selim III (frontis. of text vol.), all other plates including the 3 maps are bound together, 51 leaves of plates in all.

Vol. of engravings has only engraved, illustrated half-title: Voyage pittoresque de Constantinople et du Bosphore : Collection des planches.

"A la elegante plume de M. Ch. Lacretelle qui a bien voulu se charge de rédige les description des quarante-huit estampes."--Preface.

Barbié du Bocage signed the text relating to the three maps (22 p., final leaf reversed).

Except for the first 10 p. of Barbié du Bocage's comments the text is unpaged and displays no signatures, but comprises 146 p.

Many engravers provided plates: F.-D. Née, F. Schroeder, J.-N. Le Rouge, J.-B. Réville, Desmaisons, F.-N.-B. Dequevauviller, J. Desaulx, J. Duplessi-Bertaux, F. Cardano, J.-J. Coiny, Y.M. La Gouaz, F. Pigeot, V. Pillement, M.-A. Duparc, Mlle. Levé, L.-M.-Y. Quéverdo, E. Bovinet, C.-P. Marillier, F.-P. Michel.

á Some plates have an additional credit (after Dessiné par ... and Gravé par ...): Terminé par ... In the instance of F.-D. Née these are dated, ranging from 1806 to 1815.

Maps include: Plan de la ville de Constantinople et de ses faubourgs... / par Fr. Kauffer ; enriche de nouveaux détails par J.-D. Barbié du Bocage 1819; F.P. Michel sculp. Plate impression 51.3 x 85 cm. Includes: Plan[s] particulier[s] de serails [and] du chateau des sept-tours. -- Plan topographique de Bosphore de Thrace ou Canal de Constantinople et de ses environs ... par Fr. Kauffer ; J.-D. Barbié du Bocage. 1819. 51.2 x 86.5 cm. -- Plan indicatif des points d'oú M. Melling a dessiné les vues. 57.5 x 86.5 cm.

Boppe, A. Peintres du Bosphore, p. 160-182, 198-200, 221-222

Boschma, C. & J. Perot. Melling, ch. 2-4

Selim III, Sultan of the Turks, 1761-1808 > Homes and haunts > Pictorial works.

Hadice, Sultan, sister of Selim III, Sultan of the Turks, 1762- > Palaces > Pictorial works.

Turkey > Court and courtiers > Clothing > Pictorial works.

Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 > Pictorial works.

Turkey > French influences.

Istanbul (Turkey) > Pictorial works.

Bosporus (Turkey) > Pictorial works.