8vo. 238 pp., steel engraved frontispiece, 1 map, navy calf binding, rubbed round edges, with gold embossed design on covers and spine, half-title, front hinge slightly weak, occasional light foxing, Ex-library bookplates on front endpaper, otherwise copy in overall good condition, L. Lefort, Lille, France, 1854.

Synopsis

De Mont-Rond was a French historian. In this work he discusses the history of the city of Constantinople under different Byzantine emperors, its influence on the politics of the East, its relations with the Macedonian dynasty, the Crusades, its function under the Muslim Turks and its relations with France. Copac lists one copy at the University of Birmingham.