Constantinople : and the scenery of the seven churches of Asia Minor . CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE SCENERY OF THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA MINOR ILLUSTRATED. IN A SERIES OF DRAWINGS FROM NATUREBY THOMAS ALLOM. WITHAN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF CONSTANTINOPLE, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PLATES, BY THE REV. ROBERT WALSH, CHAPLAIN TO THE BRITISH EMBASSY AT THE OTTOMAN PORTE. FIRST SERIES. FISHER, SON, & CO. NEWGATE ST., LONDON; & QUA I DE LECOLE, PARIS. PREFACE. Nothing can form a stronger contrast, in modern times, than Asiatic and European Turkey. Thefirst preserves its character unchanged—men and thing
Constantinople : and the scenery of the seven churches of Asia Minor . CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE SCENERY OF THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA MINOR ILLUSTRATED. IN A SERIES OF DRAWINGS FROM NATUREBY THOMAS ALLOM. WITHAN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF CONSTANTINOPLE, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PLATES, BY THE REV. ROBERT WALSH, CHAPLAIN TO THE BRITISH EMBASSY AT THE OTTOMAN PORTE. FIRST SERIES. FISHER, SON, & CO. NEWGATE ST., LONDON; & QUA I DE LECOLE, PARIS. PREFACE. Nothing can form a stronger contrast, in modern times, than Asiatic and European Turkey. Thefirst preserves its character unchanged—men and things still display the permanency of Orientalusages; and they are now as they have been, and will probably continue to be, for an indefiniteperiod. Not so the second—Constantinople having for centuries exhibited the singular and extraordinaryspectacle of a Mahoinedan town in a Christian region, and stood still while all about it were advancingin the march of improvement, has at length, as suddenly as unexpectedly, been roused from itsslumbering stupidity; t
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