163 - [Turkey]. LAUTERS. PEETERMANS.

[Turkey]. LAUTERS. PEETERMANS. [Plates from *A Picturesque Journey through Constantinople and the Banks of the Bosphorus*]. Brussels, the Royal Chalcography of J. Goubaud, (1822–1828). Small folio (45 x 31 cm), 40 (of 48) lithographic plates in black. Contemporary light brown Russian half-leather binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and scrolls, gilt title (binding heavily rubbed, inner joint worn, some foxing on the sides of the plates except for about ten that are more heavily foxed). A rare and beautiful series of 40 lithographs by Goubaud, featuring views of landscapes and monuments in Constantinople, as well as a portrait of Selim III, intended to illustrate Barbié du Bocage’s *Picturesque Journey through Constantinople and along the Banks of the Bosphorus*. The plates for this work appeared between 1822 and 1828, in several installments. They were mostly lithographed by Lauters and Peetermans, with a few plates executed by other artists, notably Lemonnier and Lemercier. This rare work is among the earliest lithographic productions created in Belgium. Lithographed at the Royal Chalcography by J. Goubaud. One of the earliest examples of lithography in Belgium.