De Amicis Ed.: Constantinople.Paris 1885 Third edition in French (original in Italian).In 8vo 18x12cm.Contemporary leather over boards. Complete 304p and many illustrations in the text. A fine copy. Edmondo De Amicis (1846-1908) was an Italian novelist and journalist who travelled widely.He spent one year in Constantinople, during the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-78 and his description of Constantinopoli (first published in Italian in1878) became soon the standard travel account for Constantinople and the Levant.More than 20 illustrations are from original drawings by Amicis.