Front matter
Reading edition
MISS PARDOE.
H. Room. Thompson.
London. Published for the Proprietors, by Geo: Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane, 1840.
THE BEAUTIES OF THE BOSPHORUS;
BY MISS PARDOE,
FROM DRAWINGS BY WILLIAM H. BARTLETT.
SCENE OF THE BARBYSES IN THE VALLEY OF SWEET WATERS.
W. H. Bartlett. H. Griffiths.
LONDON: PUBLISHED FOR THE PROPRIETORS BY GEORGE VIRTUE, 26, IVY LANE 1839.
THE BEAUTIES OF THE BOSPHORUS;
BY MISS PARDOE, Author of “The City of the Sultan,”
ILLUSTRATED IN A SERIES OF VIEWS OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND ITS ENVIRONS, FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY W. H. BARTLETT.
“’Tis a grand sight, from off the ‘Giant’s Grave,’ To watch the progress of those rolling seas Between the Bosphorus, as they lash and lave Europe and Asia.” Byron.
LONDON: PUBLISHED FOR THE PROPRIETORS, BY GEORGE VIRTUE, 26, IVY LANE. 1838.
LONDON: R. CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD-STREET-HILL.
TO THE MOST EXCELLENT VIZIR MUSTAFA RÉCHID PASHA, MUSHIR, AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE SUBLIME PORTE, DECORATED WITH THE NISHAM OF HONOUR APPERTAINING TO HIS ELEVATED RANK. KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR OF FRANCE, OF THE ORDER OF LEOPOLD OF BELGIUM, AND OF ISABELLE OF SPAIN, &c. &c. &c. &c. This Volume is Inscribed, AS A TOKEN OF REGARD FOR HIS FRIENDSHIP, AND OF ADMIRATION FOR HIS TALENTS, BY THE AUTHOR.