Constantinople and the Seven Churches of Asia Minor Volume 2 - Welsh & Aron - Antique Books

[Picture 1. ~ Picture 4. Green Moroccan goat leather binding] [Figure 5. Title page of [Seven Churches in Constantinople and Asia Minor]] [Figure 6. The illustrated title page of [Seven Churches in Constantinople and Asia Minor]] [Figure 7. [Seven Churches in Constantinople and Asia Minor] The delicate lines of the steel plate illustration] [Figure 8.~Figure 9. Illustrations in [Seven Churches in Constantinople and Asia Minor]] Author: Robert Walsh (1772~1852) / Thomas Allom (1804~1872) Name: [Constantinople and the scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor] (Constantinople and the scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor) Two illustration albums, volume one 84 pages, volume two 100 pages. Attribution: London: Fisher, Son & Co., The Caxton Press. Technique: steel engraving and movable type printing (48 illustrations in Volume 1, including illustrated title page and map; 49 illustrations in Volume 2, including illustrated title page, 97 illustrations in total). Green Moroccan goatskin binding, neoclassical frame gilding and embossing, and romantic gilding floral decorations. Bronzing on three sides. The book is in good condition. Date: Year of publication not indicated (c. 1839). Dimensions: Quarto (27.5 x 22 cm). Introduction of works: Steel plates have been used in illustrations in books since the 1820s. This technique, which was originally used to print banknotes, not only increases the printing capacity of the plate, but also gives the picture more fine engraving space, which is very suitable for Illustrated books, therefore, travel brochures or books showing the scenery of various places, have been further developed. After the 1830s, British Fisher, Son & Co. published many such books, and [Seven Churches in Constantinople and Asia Minor] is one of the publications. Although Thomas Allom, the maker of the images in the book, is an architect and has designed many buildings in London, the most famous one is St. Peter's Church in Notting Hill, but he is the most famous It is commendable that he drew landscape illustrations for travel books. The "China Illustrated" (China Illustrated), published around 1845, is the Chinese world imagined by the Europeans at that time. However, the Chinese style in Ailon's pen was not obtained by his own visits, but through the previous Chinese images, and then reproduced It was transformed by adding the Chinese information of the United Kingdom at that time. However, the images in [Seven Churches in Constantinople and Asia Minor] were drawn by Ailon on the spot. Since the 1820s, Allon has traveled around the United Kingdom and Europe, and at the same time painted what he saw and heard during the journey, such as "Westmorland, Durham and Northumberland Scenery" (Westmorland, Durham and Northumberland) in 1832. . In 1834, Aron arrived in Constantinople, and then traveled throughout Asia Minor, Syria and Palestine. The crystallization of this grand tour is this two-volume set of [Seven Churches in Constantinople and Asia Minor] and some of them appeared in British travel writer John Carne (John Carne, 1789~1844) [Syria, the Holy Land and Asia Minor ] (SYRIA, THE HOLY LAND, ASIA MINOR) book illustration. At this time, his observation ability became more acute, and his technique improved, so that the illustrations in the book had strong dynamics and contrasts. In addition, most of the steel plates at this time were treated with corrosion, which made the color scale of the picture appear rich and dense. , It also makes [Seven Churches of Constantinople and Asia Minor] a rare masterpiece of illustrated travel books. The book [Seven Churches in Constantinople and Asia Minor] invited the author Robert Walsh, who was familiar with Turkey at the time, to write rich illustrations. The Irishman was a priest. In 1820, he became the priest of the British embassy in Constantinople. In 1828, he was sent to Brazil. Therefore, he was familiar with the culture and society of the Ottoman Empire at that time. His writings and his travels. Although his short-lived abolition of slavery in Brazil has become a relatively well-known deed in his personal career, it can be seen from his writings for [Seven Churches in Constantinople and Asia Minor] that he has a strong interest in this The in-depth understanding and care of the Eastern Empire. Our book is bound with green Moroccan goatskin, and its bronzing and embossing decoration combines neoclassical borders and romantic flower decorations. Although the name of the framer is unknown, it is a set of meticulous and elegant works with complicated workmanship. 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