De Blowitz M.: Une course a Constantinople.Paris 1884 Second edition. in 8vo 19x12cm,contemporary leather over boards, text clean and bright. Complete half title, title, 368p., overall in an almost fine condition. Blowitz travelled in the Levant in the 1870s.He took the newly introduced train to the Black sea and continued after by ship to Constantinople, as the direct rail through Thrace had not finished yet.He stayed in Constantinople for six months.He later toured in Anatolia.He gives a very detailed account for the Ottoman capital and its multinational population. The travel account contain one fine chapter for traveling towards the Levant with the famous Orient Express train.