CASTELLAN (Antoine-Laurent). Lettres sur la Morée, l'Hellespont et Constantinople. Paris, A. Nepveu, 1820. 3 volumes in-8, fawn calf, richly framed with cold roulettes and black fillet, central rectangle decorated with straight and oblique black fillets criss-crossed in lozenges, spine decorated with gilt and cold motifs, figure S.G.Z. gilt at tail, twisted fillet on the edges, yellow edges (Period binding). Second edition of Castellan's famous relations, combining two separate works: Lettres sur la Morée et les îles de Cérigo, Hydra et Zante published in 1808 and Lettres sur la Grèce, l'Hellespont et Constantinople given in 1811. This edition is illustrated with 63 plates drawn and engraved by the author, including 5 fold-outs. The painter Antoine-Louis Castellan (1772-1838) was more famous than his paintings for his illustrated accounts of his travels in the Orient. A very fine copy in elegant contemporary bindings bearing an enthusiast's mark. Minor rubbing to the bindings; some foxing and spotting, common in this work.