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Lot: 101 » Fez Label

Color lithograph fez label with Vienna image. Tape repair on the right edge and upper left corner on the back

SCARCE…

10,5 x 24,5 cm

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Lot: 102 » Pocket Watch

KNOWN FOR THE PRODUCTION OF WATCHES MADE FOR THE OTTOMAN COURTIER AND SOCIALITES, LONDON BASED FAMOUS WATCHMAKER GEORGE PRIOR’S SON EDWARD PRIOR, TAKING OVER THE BUSINESS IN THE 1830’S, PRODUCED THIS 4-CASED STERLING SILVER POCKET WATCH WITH THE SERIAL NUMBER 77798 IN THE 1860’S…

A MASTERPIECE CONSISTING OF 4 INTERBEDDED CASES: HAND-CARVED STERLING SILVER, TORTOISESHELL COVER, HAND-CARVED STERLING SILVER AND PLAIN STERLING SILVER…

VERY RARE… PERFECT CONDITION…

STILL WORKING… WITH ITS ORIGINAL MECHANISM PIECES…

George Prior (from 1780 until 1830) and his son Edward Prior (taking over the business from 1830 on) were famous for the production of made in London multi-cased luxury watches in Ottoman market for the courtier and its sphere.

Sterling silver pocket watch with 4 interbedded cases and key operated spring mechanism, made by Edward Prior along with the hand-carved serial number 77798… The watch appears to be produced in the 1860’s according to its serial number. Mechanism pieces are untouched, still working. The outermost protective case is made from fully hand-carved sterling silver with a diameter of 64 mm. The 2nd case makes the watch face visible from the front and is covered with genuine tortoiseshell, the diamater is 54 mm. Underneath the tortoiseshell case there is once again a fully hand-carved sterling silver case with a diameter of 44 mm. The key operated spring mechanism and dial plate are to be found at the innermost layer, the plain sterling silver case.

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Lot: 103 » Rare Book

CLAUDE GODARD D’AUCOURT – MEMOIRES TURCS OU HISTOIRE GALANTE DE DEUX TURCS

2 books in one volume. London, 1785. Volume 1; 235 p., Volume 2; 233 p., 14x8.5 cm. In original leather binding of the period. In good condition.

FAMOUS BOOK OF D'AUCOURT WHO IS KNOWN FOR HIS EROTIC AND FLIRTATIOUS WORKS, HE EVEN ENDED UP ONE OF HIS WORKS COLLECTED DUE TO ITS ETHICS, ILLUSTRATES A TURK'S ADVENTURES WITH BEAUTIFUL WOMEN...

“MEMOIRES TURCS” WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR BOOKS OF THE PERIOD, IT IS ONE OF THE AUTHOR'S 2 MOST FAMOUS BOOKS, AND THE OTHER MOST KNOWN ONE WAS COLLECTED…

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Lot: 104 » Rare Book

M. OELSNER – DES EFFETS DE LA RELIGION DE MOHAMMED

F. Schoell, Paris, 1810. 280 p. 20x12 cm. With the professionally restorated spine of the period, entirely leather.

OELSNER'S FAMOUS BOOK ON THE BIRTH AND SPREAD OF ISLAM WHICH WAS AWARDED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE IN PARIS IN 1810…

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Lot: 106 » Rare Book

MURTHADA IBN AL-KHAFIF - L’EGYPTE DE MURTADI

First edition. Lovys Billaine, Paris, 1666. 304 p., 14.5x9 cm. The back of the period is in a renewed all-leather skin. In perfect condition…

ONE OF THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL SOURCES ON THE STORIES OF ANCIENT EGYPT HISTORY AND LEGENDS, NOAH, PROPHETS JOSEPH AND MOSES…

MURTADI'S WORK WAS WRITTEN IN ARABIC IN THE 12TH CENTURY, THE ORIGINAL ARABIC MANUSCRIPT IS TO BE FOUND IN THE LIBRARY OF CARDINAL MAZARIN…

TRANSLATED BY THE FRENCH ARABIST PIERRE VATTIER AND PRINTED IN 1666 IN PARIS AS THE FIRST EDITION, 356 YEARS AGO…

PERFECT CONDITION… IN COMPLETE LEATHER COVER OF ITS PERIOD WITH RENOVATED BINDING …

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Lot: 107 » Rare Book

CHARLES MACFARLANE – KONSTANTINOPEL AR 1828

Ecksteinska Boktryckeriet, Stockholm, 1830. 226 p., 17.5x 10 cm. In hardcover binding with leather spine.

 

“KONSTANTINOPEL AR 1828” 1830-SWEDEN EDITION…

One of the main sources used even today, which describes the domestic and foreign political situation, commercial, economic, military organization, ethnic composition of the population and daily life of the Ottoman Empire just before the Tanzimat, based on first-hand information, from a western perspective… For the first time, “Young Turks” (Jeune Turc)” concept was used in this book.

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Lot: 109 » Rare Book

JOSEPH MARIE JOUANNIN (Gravürler; Jules Van Gaver) - TURQUIE

Firmin Didot Freres, Paris, 1840. 459 p., 21x13.5 cm. 96 full-page engravings, 2 folded maps. In leather spine with marbled covers. In very good condition, 3 cm damage in spine leather is restored. Blackmer 889, Atabey 622.

96 FULL PAGE ENGRAVINGS… THE FAMOUS OTTOMAN HISTORY BOOK OF JOUANNIN ON THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE MILITARY ART, CUSTOMS AND CUSTOMS…

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Lot: 111 » Rare Book

OLFERT DAPPER (Gravürler; Jacob van Meurs) – SYRIE, EN PALESTYN OF HEILIGE LANT

First edition. Jacob van Meurs, Amsterdam, 1677. 843 p., 32x22 cm. Part 1; 262 p., Part 2; 581 p. Numerous folding maps and double-page and in-text engravings. In fully calf leather binding of the period, except the professionally restored back of the leather binding, in superb condition (especially the engravings) for a 350 year old book. Atabey, 324; Blackmer 449.

RARE… FIRST EDITION…

IN EXCELLENT CONDITION FOR A 350 YEARS OLD BOOK…

THE FAMOUS MASTERPIECE IN WHERE DAPPER COMBINES MEMORY OF TRAVEL IN THE HOLY LAND WITH ITS GEOGRAPHICAL, ETNOGRAPHIC, POLITICAL-SOCIAL LIFE AND TRADITIONS, BY USING THE NOTES OF JEWIT MISSIONARIES AND EXPLORERS...

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Lot: 112 » Rare Book

WILLIAM MACMICHAEL - JOURNEY FROM MOSCOW TO CONSTANTINOPLE IN 1817, 1818

John Murray, London, 1819. 28x22 cm. 271 p., 7 engravings. In leather spine and cover corners, with marbled hard cover binding.

MACMICHAEL’S TRAVEL BOOK THAT SHALL LIGHT ON THE TURKISH-RUSSIAN RELATIONS OF THE PERIOD AND CAPTURES THE DETAILS HIS JOURNEY FROM RUSSIA TO ISTANBUL ACCOMPANIED WITH 7 FULL PAGES ENGRAVING…

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Lot: 113 » Rare Book

M. L’ABBE H… - VOYAGE EN ORIENT

Imprimerie de Barbou Freres, Limoges, 1842. 311 p., 18x11 cm, 2 engravings. In decorative hard-cover binding.

NOTES FROM A HIGH PRIEST'S TRAVEL TO THE EAST… Published in France in 1842…

 

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Lot: 114 » Rare Book

THEOPHILE LAVALLEE (Gravürler; Thomas Allom) – HISTOIRE DE L’EMPIRE OTOMAN

First edition. Garnier Fréres, Paris, 1855. 528 p., 27x17.5 cm, 18 plate steel engraving. In leather back decorative luxurious binding with gilded motifs and writing, and gilded page edges. Binding in tight and fine condition, moderate foxing. Blackmer 963, Atabey 681.

AN HISTORICAL MASTERPIECE, EMBEDDED WITH THOMAS ALLOM'S ENGRAVINGS, IN WHICH LAVALLE ANALYZES THE FOUNDATION, GROWTH, STAGNATION AND REGRESSION PERIODS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN DETAIL…

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Lot: 115 » Rare Book

ELME-MARIE CARO – LE MATERIALISME ET LE SCIENCE

Two volumes in one. Librairie Hachette et Cie, Paris, 1883. 301 p., 17.5x11 cm. In leather back binding with pandosite covers.

ONE OF THE FIRST PHILOSOPHICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN RELIGION AND SCIENCE

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Lot: 116 » Rare Book

EUGENE FLANDIN – HISTOIRE DES CHEVALIERS DE RHODES DEPUİS LA CREATION DE L’ORDRE A JERUSALEM JUSQU’A SA CAPITULATION A RHODES

Alfred Mame Et Fils, Tours, 1867. 336 p., 27x17 cm, 4 full-page engravings. In luxurious leather binding with gilded page edges, gilt and writing on spine, pandosite covers.. In very good condition.

DETAILED HISTORY OF "KNIGHTS OF RHODES" SECT, BASED IN ROME TODAY, FROM ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN THE 11TH CENTURY UNTIL THE SIEGE & CONQUERING OF RHODES IN 1522 FROM THE OTTOMANS. LEAVING GREAT TRACES IN EUROPEAN, OTTOMAN AND ISLAMIC HISTORIES…

EXCELLENT CONDITION… IN ITS LUXURY COVER…

THIS COPY WAS GIVEN AS A "WISDOM AWARD" IN 1969 AT THE FRENCH SAINTE PULCHERIE HIGH SCHOOL IN BEYOĞLU…

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Lot: 117 » Rare Book

GEORGE WHELER – A JOURNEY INTO GREECE

William Cademan, Robert Kettlewell, Awnsham Churchill, London, 1682. 482 p., 30x19.5 cm, 1 folding map, numerous in-text engravings. In fully calf leather binding of the period..Tight binding, pages and engravings in very good condition, back professionally restored.

FAMOUS TRAVEL BOOK PRINTED IN 1682…

THE TRAVEL BOOK OF BRITISH REVERAND AND SCHOLAR GEORGE WHELER’S TRAVEL IN 1673: VENICE, ISTANBUL, BURSA, AKHİSAR, İZMİR, AEGEAN COASTS, ISLANDS AND ATHENS…

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Lot: 118 » Rare Book

GEORGE SALE - THE KORAN; THE ALKORAN OF MOHAMMED

Frederick Warne and Co., London. 470 p., 19x12 cm., 2nd half of 19th century (exact date not given). In publisher’s original cloth binding with gilded writing and motifs on the spine.

THE LONDON EDITION WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY OF "THE ALKURAN OF MOHAMMED". THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE QURAN THAT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED BY GEORGE SALE IN 1734 AND STILL IS  THE MOST USED ONE IN THE WEST TODAY…

THE MUSLIMS ELECTED TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TOOK THEIR OATHS ON THE COPY OF "THE ALKURAN OF MOHAMMED" GIVEN TO THE CONGRESS LIBRARY BY THOMAS JEFFERSON IN 1815…

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Lot: 119 » Rare Book

WALTER COLTON – LAND AND LEE IN THE BOSPHORUS AND AEGEAN; or Views Of Athens and Constantinople

New York: A. S. Barners & Co, New York, 1856. 366 p., 19x12 cm, Istanbul engraving. In its publisher’s gilded, illustrated decorative binding. Blackmer 382, Atabey 265

THE TRAVEL BOOK PUBLISHED WITH 2 DIFFERENT NAMES… The travel book of American priest-author Colton, describing the sea voyage that begins in Izmir, then to Istanbul and ends in Athens… It was first published in 1936 under the name “A Visit to Athens and Constantinople”…

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Lot: 120 » Rare Book

GIAMBATTIASTA CHIARELLO – HISTORIA RIBELLI ET OTTOMANI

Steffano Curti, Venice, 1688. 404 p., 22.5x17 cm, 8 folding engravings. In renewed fully leather binding with red page edges. The imprint page repaired, otherwise in quite good condition for this book.

RARE…

EXCELLENT CONDITION, RARELY TO BE FOUND… THE COPIES IN GOOD CONDITION HAVE ESTIMATE VALUES OF 4000-8000 USD.

THIS BOOK EXPLAINS THE II. SIEGE OF VIENNA AND THE OTTOMAN – SACRED ALLIANCE WARS IN DETAIL WITH THE MAPS AND PLANS…

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Lot: 122 » Rare Book

ARMINIUS VAMBERY – VOYAGES D’UN FAUX DERVICHE DANS L’ASIE CENTRALE

Hachette & Cie, Paris, 1873, second edition. 404 p., 24x15.5 cm, 34 full-page engravings preserved with pelur papers, 1 map. In luxury binding with a leather pandosite cover and gilded page edges. Moderate foxing.

THE TRAVEL BOOK OF THE CENTRAL ASIAN JOURNEY IN THE DRESS OF A DERVISH OF THE FAMOUS HUNGARY TURKOLOGIST VAMBERY WHICH ENDED UP GIVING HIM THE "FAKE SERVISH" NICKNAME… VAMBERY LIVED IN ISTANBUL DURING THE II. ABDULHAMID PERIOD AND KNOWN FOR HIS CLOSENESS TO THE COURTIER…

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Lot: 123 » Rare Book

M. KASIMIRSKI – LE KORAN

Charpentier et Cie, Paris, 1873. 533 p., 11.3x18 cm. In cloth binding with imprints on the covers and spine. Marbled page edges.

KAZIMIRSKI'S TRANSLATION OF THE QURAN INTO FRENCH WHICH WAS SENTATIONAL WHEN FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1840…

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Lot: 124 » Rare Book

CHARLES BARTHELEMY – HISTOIRE DE TURQUIE; Depuis Les Temps Plus Recules Jusqu’a Nos Jours

Alfred Mame Et Fils, Tours, 1872. 416 p., 21.5x13 cm, 4 full pages of engravings preserved with pelur papers. In special decorative binding for academic award to lycee students in France.

THE OTTOMAN HISTORY OF CHARLES BARTHELEMY, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HISTORIANS OF THE 19TH CENTURY... THE MAIN BOOK OF SOURCE THAT IS STILL REFERRED TODAY... IN ITS DECORATIVE SPECIAL COVER AS AN ACADEMIC AWARD IN FRANCE...

In this work, Barthelemy told the history of the Ottoman Empire, starting from the years of its foundation until the reign of Abdülmecid, in a chronological pattern of events.

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Lot: 125 » Rare Book

JEAN DE THEVENOT – TRAVELS INTO THE LEVANT

3 parts in 1 book. H. Clark, for H. Faithorne, J. Adamson, C. Skegnes, and T. Newborough, London, 1687. 1. part; 292s., 2. part; 200 p., 3. part; 114 p., 31x20 cm, 4 full page engravings. In leather spine, marbled hard cover, renewed luxurious binding. Binding, pages and engravings are in very good condition.

THE WIDELY KNOWN 17TH CENTURY TRAVEL TO THE EAST OF FAMOUS JEAN DE THEVENOT WHO IS THE PIONEER OF PORTRAYING ON THE DAILY LIFE OF THE EASTERN PEOPLE…

IN DECEMBER OF 1655 THEVENOT CAME TO ISTANBUL AND LEFT IN AUGUST 1656. AFTER FINISHING HIS TRAVEL BOOK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF ISTANBUL'S MOSQUES, NEIGHBORHOODS, TURKISH BATHS, DAILY LIFE, TURKISH CUSTOMS, CLOTHES, FOOD AND PLAYS; IN 1633 HE TRAVELED TO INDIA OVER SYRIA AND MESOPOTAMIA AND THEN BACK TO IRAN.

CONSISTING OF 3 CHAPTERS, THE FIRST VOLUME TITLED "TURKEY" WAS PUBLISHED IN PARIS IN 1665 . THE SHORTER VOLUMES, VOLUME II “IRAN” AND VOLUME III “EASTERN INDIA” WAS PUBLISHED AFTER THEVENOTS’S DEATH IN 1674 AND 1684.

THIS COPY IS THE FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, PRINTED IN 1687…

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