[First Edition] Queen Elizabeth and the Levant Company; A...

4to; xii, 91, 26 plates pages; Contents clean and secure in original binding of art vellum spine over blue decorative boards; light scattered foxing; top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Edited with 26 Facsimile Illustrations of Manuscripts and other Interesting Plates, from Manuscript Department of the British Museum, and the Archives of Venice, &c. with captioned tissue guards. Fascinating look at 19th century trade negotiations twixt the British and Turkey, with wonderful facsimiles of the documents codifying the relationship.

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