154 - [Turkey]. COUSIN, Louis.

[Turkey]. COUSIN, Louis. History of Constantinople from the Reign of Justin the Elder to the End of the Empire. Paris, Damien Foucault, 1685. 10 in-12 volumes in uniform binding. Fine, lightly mottled fawn sheepskin of the period, ribbed spine, fawn title label, gilt volume numbers, gilt panels, gilt roulette on the edges, mottled edges (scuffing and stains on the bindings, damaged corners, a few missing caps, foxing occasionally more pronounced on certain volumes, marginal worm damage in volume 3). A monumental translation based directly on Greek and Byzantine texts and historians such as Agathias and Procopius..., covering the reign of Justin I the Elder through the 6th century, tracing the evolution of the Eastern Roman Empire—later the Byzantine Empire—until its fall. Translated by Louis Cousin, President of the Court of the Mint. The work is dedicated to the Secretary of State, Monsieur de Pomponne. Engraved vignettes and headbands (coats of arms, figures, etc.). Complete with the engraved frontispiece title page, which opens the volume with a scene from the Crusades featuring a depiction of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. Vignette of an armillary sphere on the title page. Atabey, 295. Missing from Blackmer.