Ertug & Kocabiyik, Istanbul, 2010. Standard edition. Hardcover in scarlet cloth covers housed in a pictorial cardboard slipcase. First Edition. Large Elephant Folio (23" x 15" tall). 256 pages with 100 stunning color plates offering the viewer Ertug's sumptuous photographic tribute to the great opera houses of Europe featuring 22 opulent opera houses such as La Scala in Milan, San Carlo in Naples, the Palais Garnier in Paris, Margrave's Opera House in Bayreuth and Theatre de La Monnaie, Brussels. Text in English by British architect and art historian Michael Forsyth, essay by Rolf Sachsee. SIGNED by Ahmet Ertug on an invitation card for the book's initial release party laid-in to front cover. BOOK CONDITION: Fine; a solid, tight, clean copy in a Fine slightly shelf-worn slipcase. 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