Lot 83: PITMAN, J.

PANORAMA OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND ITS ENVIRONS FROM SCUTARI. .LONDON: SAMUEL LEIGH, [C.1830].
First and only edition, hand-coloured aquatint panorama in 4 sheets joined, measuring c.345 x 275mm., extending to 2785mm., backed on linen, folding in twelve sections into quarto contemporary cloth boards, publisher's advertisment on lower pastedown, large coloured pictorial label on upper cover, [Atabey 957; Blackmer 1316; Abbey, Life 532], lower edge trimmed slightly affecting some letters of the printed caption, panorama somewhat creased and chipped at folds, boards restored, label discoloured, rubbed

Rare. Samuel Leigh published a number of city panoramas; this one was issued both plain and coloured for £1 and £1.14s respectively. Only three copies, including the Atabey and Blackmer copies can be traced at auction since 1975 and Blackmer states that only two copies are located in NUC, and that it is not present in the Gennadius Library, the British Library, nor the Victoria and Albert Museum. In 1831 A Companion to the Panorama of Constantinople (not present here) was published by Leigh to accompany the panorama.