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“MAHMUT” THE TURKISH SPY – LETTERS WRIT BY TURKISH SPY
G. and A. Ewing, W. Smith, G. Faulkner, and R. James, Dublin, 1754. 17x10 cm, 8 volumes; 1st volume 312 pp., 2nd volume 240 pp., 3rd volume 232 pp., 4th volume 243 pp., 5th volume 276 pp., 6th volume 238 pp., 7th volume 232 pp., 8 vol. 238 p., 1 engraving. All leather bindings of the period, ridges professionally repaired.
A VERY INTERESTING 8-VOLUME BOOK THAT WAS VERY POPULAR IN 18TH CENTURY FRANCE...
THE IMAGINARY TURKISH SPY “MAHMUT” LIVING UNKNOWN FOR 45 YEARS IN PARIS, CONSISTING OF 644 LETTERS CONTAINING CURRENT POLITICS IN FRANCE, ROSSIBLE AND FITTED STORIES, THE AUTHOR IS UNKNOWN, DUE TO THE INTENSIVE INTEREST, THE 8-VOLUME WORK WAS MADE IN 15 PRINTS IN THE 18TH CENTURY…
THIS WORK OF 8 VOLUMES ATTRACTED HUGE ATTENTION FROM READERS, SCHOLARS AND HISTORIANS DURING 15TH CENTURY AND INCLUDES INCIDENTS FROM 1637 CARDINAL RICHELIEU’S ERA UNTIL 1682 XIV. LOUIS’ REIGN CONSISTING OF 664 LETTERS…
DESPITE THE AUTHOR OF THE FIRST VOLUME OF THIS HIGHLY POPULAR BOOK IS CONSIDERED TO BE GIOVANNI PAOLO MARANA OF GENEVA, THE REMAINING 7 VOLUMES STILL CONTINUE TO BE ANONYMOUS…
THESE LETTERS ARE MOSTLY ABOUT POLITICAL RUMORS, SATIRE ON DAILY LIFE AND SOCIETY MEANWHILE MENTIONING OF INTIMATE TOPICS SUCH AS MADE UP RELIGIOUS STORIES… SOME OF THE LETTERS COVER SPECULATIONS ABOUT POLITICAL FIGURES LIKE RICHELIEU AND MAZARIN ON THEIR PRIVATE LIFE…
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ANTONIO BARATTA - CONSTANTINOPOLI
Stabilimento Tipografico di Alessandro Fontana, Turin, 1840. 818 p., 29x22 cm. Lots of in-text illustrations/engravings. The back is leather, the covers are embossed, in exquisite binding of the period. In perfect condition.
OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND ISTANBUL THROUGH THE EYES OF AN ITALIAN EMBASSY DURING THE 19TH CENTURY
AN EXCEPTIONALLY IMPORTANT BOOK TELLING THE ITALIANS THE 19TH CENTURY OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND ISTANBUL... IN EXCELLENT CONDITION...
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JOSEPH MARIE JOUANNIN (Gravürler; Jules Van Gaver) - TURQUIE
Firmin Didot Frères, Paris, 1840. 462 p., 21x13,5 cm. 96 plates of copper engravings, one of which is folded, and 2 double-page maps. Leather back, marbling cover, in very good condition. Blackmer 889, Atabey 614.
OTTOMAN HISTORY FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE TO II. MAHMUD...
AN OTTOMAN HISTORY CLASSIC INCLUDING 96 FULL PAGE ENGRAVINGS WRITTEN BY JOUANNIN…
WITH STUNNING ENGRAVINGS, JOUANNIN'S FAMOUS OTTOMAN HISTORY BOOK ON MILITARY ART, CUSTOMS AND CUSTOMS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE…
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CHARLES DEVAL - DEUX ANNEES A CONSTANTINOPLE ET EN MOREE, 1825-1826
Nepveu, Libraire, Passage Des Panoramas, Paris, 1828. 219 p., 26x17 cm. 16 full-page colored engravings. The back and cover corners are leather, marble patterned cover, page edges marble patterned. In very good condition apart from professional repair on ridge. Atabey, 347, Blackmer 480, Weber, 161.
TRAVELBOOK STARTING FROM ISTANBUL MIDST OF THE GREEK REVOLT IN THE MOREAN PENINSULA DURING THE PERIOD OF II. MAHMUD AND STRECHING OUT THROUGH IZMIR TO THE PELOPONESIA…
FAMOUS TRAVELBOOK DATING 1828 FOR BOTH ITS THEME AND 16 FULL PAGE COLORED ENGRAVINGS…
IN THE COURSE OF GREEK REVOLUTION AMONG THE MOREAN PENINSULA RESULTING WITH GREECE'S INDEPENDENCE DURING THE PERIOD OF II. MAHMUD; BORN IN BEYOĞLU, EDUCATED IN EUROPE, FRENCH CHARLES DEVAL COMING TO ISTANBUL IN 1825-1826, DEVAL STARTED HIS JOURNEY FROM THE NEIGHBOURHOODS OF THE CITY WHERE NON-MUSLIMS LIVED AND THEN TO IZMIR, AFTERWARDS TO CHIOS AND PELOPONESIA. DEVAL ENRICHED THE CONTENTS OF HIS OBSERVATIONS DURING HIS JOURNEY WITH 16 COLORED ENGRAVINGS IN THIS TRAVELBOOK…
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WILLIAM HENRY BARTLETT – WALKS ABOUT THE CITY AND ENVIRONS OF JERUSALEM
George Virtue, London, 1844. 25x16.5 cm, 255 p., 25 plate engravings and drawings, 20 of which are Bartlett's steel print engravings, 2 folding maps, over 20 in-text illustrations. Back and cover corners in red leather with gilded print and writing, page edges in leafy decorative binding. In very good condition except for wear due to wear on the back edges and cover corners
MASTERPIECE WRITTEN BY THE FAMOUS PAINTER WILLIAM HENRY BARTLETT IN A LIVELY AND COLORFUL STYLE AND TAKES THE READER FOR A WALK IN JERUSALEM AND THE CITY’S PERIPHERY…
20 ENGRAVING PLATES ILLUSTRATED BY BARTLETT HIMSELF…
STILL THE MOST INFLUENCIAL AND WANTED TRAVELOUGE BELONGING TO THE 19TH CENTURY, CONTINUES TO BE PUBLISHED TO THIS DAY…
THE VERY FIRST BOOK WHICH WAS WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY BARTLETT AT THE SAME TIME…
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JOHN GALT - LETTERS FROM THE LEVANT
First edition. T. Cadell and W. Davies, London, 1813. 21.5x14 cm, 386 p. The ridge is in a renewed all-leather skin. Atabey 474, Blackmer 645, Weber 32.
JOHN GALT'S FAMOUS TRAVELBOOK CONSISTING OF LETTERS WRITTEN ON THE PEOPLE, TRADITIONS AND COMMERCE IN THE PLACES WHICH HE STOPPED BY IN THE LEVANT…
FIRST EDITION DATING 1813… RARE…
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CONSTANTIN FRANÇOIS DE VOLNEY – VOYAGE EN SYRIE ET EN EGYPTE, Pendant Les Annees 1783, 1784 & 1785
Chez Desenne et Chez Volland, Paris, 1789-90. 19.5x12 cm, 2 volumes; 1st volume 383 pp., 2nd volume 458 pp., 2 folding maps, 1 folding engraving and 1 folding plan. Original, all leather bound. In pretty good condition. Atabey 1302.
DE VOLNEY’S TRAVELOUGE ON HIS JOURNEY THROUGH OTTOMAN’S MIDDLE EAST AND EGYPT LANDS…
230 YEARS OLD WORK OF 2 VOLUMES IN GOOD CONDITION…
“I think travelogues belong to history, not novels…” Constantin François de Volney
AFTER DE VOLNEY SPENDING 7 MONTHS IN EGYPT, 2 YEARS IN LEBANON, ISRAEL, PALESTINE AND SURIA, ANALYZES IN HIS TRAVELOUGUE THE HISTORY, TRADITIONS, WAY OF LIVING, RELIGIOUS MANNERS, STRUCTURE OF SOCIETY, GOVERNING, ARTS AND MILITARY CONDITIONS OF THE PLACES HE VISITED…
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WILLIAM WITTMAN - TRAVELS IN TURKEY, ASIA-MINOR, SYRIA AND ACCROSS THE DESERT INTO EGYPT
First edition. Richard Phillips, London, 1803. 27x21 cm, 593 p., 18-plate engraving (14 colored soldier and civilian costume), 1 folding map and 1 color map. (4 plates of engraving missing). Leather back, on hard cover skin with marbling.
THE TRAVELOUGE FAMOUS WITH ITS ENGRAVINGS WRITTEN BY SURGEON WILLIAM WITTMAN OF THE BRITISH ARMY DURING HIS JOURNEY IN THE OTTOMAN LANDS FROM ISTANBUL TO ANATOLIA AND EGYPT BETWEEN 1799-1801…
AN OTTOMAN LIBRARY CLASSIC… Atabey 1344, Blackmer 1832, Weber 647.
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M. KASIMIRSKI - LE KORAN
G. Charpentier et Cie, Paris. 533 p., 18x11.5 cm. Leather back and cover corners, on hard cover binding with marbling. Page edges are marbling patterned.
KAZIMIRSKI'S TRANSLATION OF THE QURAN INTO FRENCH, WHICH CREATED A GREAT IMPACT WHEN IT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1840…
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BYZANTIOS KONSTANTIOS (CONSTANTIUS I OF CONSTANTINOPLE) - CONSTANTINIADE OU DESCRIPTION DE CONSTANTINOPLE ANCIENNE ET MODERNE
First edition in French. Translated from the Greek original by M. R. Imprimerie Antoine Coromila et P. Paspalli, Galata (Rue Yuksek Kaldirim), 1846. 219s., 4 folding engravings, 1 folding table. 21x13,5 cm. Leather back, marble-patterned hard cover. Atabey 641, Blackmer 921.
A RARE HISTORY BOOK ON ISTANBUL…
PRINTED IN 1846… ISTANBUL FROM THE BYZANTINE REIGN UNTILL THE 19TH CENTURY…
BYZANTIOS CONSTANTIOS, THE PHILOLOGIST AND ARCHEOLOGIST, WHO WAS EDUCATED AT THE HALKI SEMINARY, LATER RESIGNING FROM THE PATRIARCHATE AND DEDICATING HIS LIFE TO READING AND WRITING; PENNED THIS BOOK ON İSTANBUL’S HISTORY STARTING FROM THE BYZANTINE PERIOD, MENTIONED OF THE CONSTRUCTIONS OF ISTANBUL'S PALACES, WALLS, DOORS, AQUACULTURES, CHANNELS, CENTRALS, COLUMNS, HIPODROM, HAGIA SOFIA AND THE MAJOR CHURCHES OF THE HAGIA SOFIA AND THE CALIMS OF THE SULTS OF THE SULTANTS…
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THOMAS ALLOM (COKE SMYTH, C. BENTLEY, F. HERVE, W.H. LEITCH VE J. SALMON) - FISHER’S ILLUSTRATIONS OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND ITS ENVIRONS
Fisher, Son & Co. London, c. 1840. 21.5 x 27 cm, 97 full-page engravings including the introduction pages. Marbled cover, back and cover corners in leather binding. In very good condition.
MOST OF 97 THE ENGRAVINGS ARE ILLUSTRATED BY THOMAS ALLOM ON İSTANBUL, EDİRNE AND WAST ANATOLIA…
ALONGSIDE THE ENGRAVINGS OF THOMAS ALLOM’S DRAWINGS FROM ROBERT WALSH'S FAMOUS TRAVELOUGUE "CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE SCENERY OF THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA MINOR" THERE IS ALSO WORKS OF FAMOUS PAINTERS FROM THE PERIOD SUCH AS COKE SMYTH, C. BENTLEY, F. HERVE, W.H. LEITCH AND J. SALMON IN THIS ATLAS…
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JOHN TRUSLER – THE HABITABLE WORLD DESCRIBED VOL. 12 & VOL. 13
Literary-Press, London, 1792-93. 21x13 cm, 2 volumes (Vol. 13 and Vol. 14), Vol. 12; 368 p., Vol. 13; 366 p. Vol. 12: 3 folding maps and 4 full-page engravings; Vol 13: 1 folding map and 4 full-page engravings. All in leather. The ridge has been professionally repaired, the interior is in very good condition.
THE 12TH AND 13TH VOLUMES ABOUT THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE OF THE "THE HABITABLE WORLD DESCRIBED" BOOK SERIES PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1788 AND 1797…
230 YEARS OF WORK IN GOOD CONDITION, IN 2 VOLUMES…
“THE HABITABLE WORLD DECSRIBED” CONTAINING ALL OF 18TH CENTURY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WAS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1788-1797 IN 20 VOLUMES. THE 12TH AND 13TH VOLUMES TAKE PLACE IN OTTOMAN LANDS MEANWHILE MENTIONING OF THE GEOGRAPHY, GOVERNMENT, NATIONS, RELIGIONS, TRADITIONS AND COSTUMES ACCOMPANIED BY 4 FOLDING MAPS AND 8 ENGRAVINGS…
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NIKETAS HONIATES & NICEPHORUS GREGO - HISTORIA DEGL’IMPERATORI GRECI DESCRITTE DA NICETA
Appresso Gabriel Giolito di Ferrari, Venice, 1569. 302 p., 21.5x16 cm. In the parchment volume of the period. Blackmer 748
EXTREMELY RARE…
453 YEARS OLD BOOK…
IN PERFECT CONDITION…
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT REFERENCE BOOKS ON İSTANBUL DURING BYZANTINE REIGN…
THIS AMAZINGLY DESCRIPTIVE MASTERPIECE WAS WRITTEN DURING THE PERIOD THE IV. CRUSADER WHILE THE LATINS BURNING AND DESTROYING İSTANBUL, AND THE BEGINNING OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE’S FALL…
TWO COMPLEMENTARY WORKS IN ONE BOOK BY TWO MOST IMPORTANT BYZANTINE HISTORIANS OF THE PERIOD…
ONE OF A KIND AMONG WORKS ON THE HISTORY İSTANBUL…
THIS WORKS WAS WRITTEN BY TWO FAMOUS BYZANTINE HISTORIANS NIKETAS HONIATES (c. 1155-1216) AND NICEPHORUS GREGORAS (c. 1295-1360) WHO LIVED AROUND THE SAME PERIOD…
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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 engraving. In luxury leather binding with leaf motif and lettering on the back, pandosite cover, and leaf margins. In very good condition.
THE HISTORY OF THE KNIGHTS OF RHODES FROM ITS FOUNDATION TO THE OTTOMAN CONQUEST OF RHODES…
FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT IN THE 11TH CENTURY OF THE ORDER KNOWN BY THE NAME OF THE "KNIGHTS OF RHODES", BASED IN ROME TODAY, AND LEAVING GREAT TRACES IN EUROPEAN, OTTOMAN AND ISLAMIC HISTORY, UNTIL THE OTTOMAN'S SIEGE OF RHODES IN 1522…
IN VERY GOOD CONDITION… IN ITS LUXURY BINDING…
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PAUSANIAS (Çev. Başrahip Godeyn) – PAUSANIAS, OU VOYAGE HISTORIQUE DE LA GRECE
First edition. Chez Nyon, Paris, 1731. 29x21.5 cm, 2 volumes. volume 1; 478 pp., 2nd vol. 523 pp., 3 folding maps and 4 folding engravings. Page edges with marbling, back leaf and motif printed entirely in leather binding.
FIRST EDITION OF THE 18TH CENTURY FRENCH TRANSLATION OF ANCIENT GREEK TRAVELBOOK COVERING ANADOLU, WRITTEN IN THE 2ND CENTURY BY LYDIAN WANDERER PAUSANIAS…
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PAUL RYCAUT - HISTOIRE DE L’ÉTAT PRESENT DE L’EMPIRE OTTOMAN
3 volumes in one book. Second edition. Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, Paris, 1670. A total of 21 engravings, 16.5x9 cm, 664 pages, 19 of them folded (1.5 pages), 1 full-page introductory engraving and 1 in-text. In the skin of the whole period. Mostly in very good condition, there are some cracks in the leather due to aging on the ridge and the book was repair professionally. Pages and engraving in very good condition.
A 350 YEARS OLD RARE GEM… A MASTERPIECE…
THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY BOOK OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE BY PAUL RYCAUT, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HISTORIANS OF THE 17TH CENTURY…
RARE POCKET SIZE EDITION OF THIS FAMOUS WORK…
3 VOLUMES IN ONE BOOK…
THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND EFFECTIVE BOOK ON THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE WRITTEN DURING THE PERIOD OF SULTAN IV. MEHMED. THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN ON THE POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS AND MILITARY STATUS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, BY PAUL RYCAUT, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BRITISH DIPLOMATS OF THE PERIOD, WHO RESIDED IN ISTANBUL FOR 8 YEARS AND IN IZMIR FOR 11 YEARS…
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ALEXIS DE VALON - EIN JAHR IM ORIENT ober Griechenland unter Otto I, die Türkei unter Abdul – Medschid, und Sicilien unter Ferdinand II
Franck`sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, 1854. 201 p., 16x12 cm. In its publisher's cloth binding. In good condition.
EVEN RARE 1854 GERMAN EDITION OF A RARE ORIENT TRAVELOUGE…
“IF ONE CAN SEE THE WORLD ONLY ONCE, THEY NEED TO WATCH IT FROM HERE (ISTANBUL)...” ALEXIS DE VALON
German edition of the travelogue of the French noble Alexis De Valon, describing his journey to the Orient in 1842 at the age of 24…
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HALİLHALİD– THE DIARY OF A TURK
Adam Charles Black, London, 1903. 269 p., 8 plate photographs, 19.5x13x4 cm. In the publisher's cloth binding. In pretty good condition.
MEMORIALS OF OTTOMAN INTELLECTUAL HALİL HALİD WHO WAS AGAINST SULTAN II. ABDULHAMID, ON DEFENDING THE OTTOMAN AND OCCUPIED MUSLIM PEOPLE IN THE ARTICLES WRITTEN IN BRITISH NEWSPAPERS…
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JULIA PARDOE (Gravürler; WILLIAM HENRY BARTLETT) - THE BEAUTIES OF THE BOSPHORUS; Illustrated in a series of VIEWS OF CONSTANTINOPLE and Its Environs
George Virtue, London, 1838. 164 p., 28x22 cm. 80 full-page engravings. In very good condition, except for some peeling paper on the gilded and reliefed ridge, marbling cover, luxury leather binding on the ridge and cover corners, and slight peeling on the front and back marbling covers. Şefik Atabey 922, Blackmer 1254.
THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK JULIA PARDOE DEDICATED THIS COPY TO A FRIEND HER OWN HANDWRITING AND AUTOGRAPH... HIGHLY VALUABLE COLLECTION PIECE…
VERY RARE AND VALUABLE, WITH JULIA PARDOE AUTOGRAPH... THE MOST FAMOUS THE TRAVELBOOK ON İSTANBUL... DEDICATED TO JULIA PARDOE’S FRIENDSHIP WITH MUSTAFA REŞID PAŞA... ACCOMPANIED BY BARTLETT'S 80 ENGRAVINGS…
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CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH - GREECE: PICTORIAL, DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL
Wm. S. Orr & Co. Amen Corner, London, 1853. 26x18 cm, 458 p., 26 steel plates and more than 150 in-text and full-page wood engravings. Fully leather bound with ribbed ridge and gilded print, leaf margins.
TRAVELBOOK ON GREECE, THRACE, AEGEAN ISLANDS AND WESTERN ANATOLIA…
BRITISH BISHOP CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH’S JOURNEY TO GREECE, THRACIA, AEGEAN ISLANDS AND WESTERN ANATOLIA IN 1832-1833 JUST AFTER THE INDEPENDENCE OF GREECE…
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ALFRED DE BESSE / EDWARD JOY MORRIS - THE TURKISH EMPIRE; ITS HISTORICAL, STATISTICAL, AND RELIGIOUS CONDITION
Lindsay & Blakiston, Philadelphia, 1854. 18.5x12 cm, 216 p. 2 portrait engravings. In its publisher's binding with decorative covers and embossed motifs.
ALFRED DE BESSE'S BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND ITS NATIONS, ANALYZING THEIR STATUS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 19TH CENTURY…
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FRANCISCI BORGIÆ KERI - IMPERATORES ORIENTIS
First edition. Typis Academicis Societatis Jesu, Tyrnaviae (Tarnovo), 1744. 569 p., 33.5x22x4 cm, with many engravings at the beginning of chapters and within the text. Fully leather luxury binding with embroidered motifs on the covers and marbling pattern on the page edges. Perfect condition for a 278-year-old book, 2 pages have marginal repairs on pages that do not spread to the text. Atabey 634.
DETAILED BYZANTINE AND CONSTANTINOPLE HISTORY BEGINNING FROM I. CONSTANTINE TO THE CONQUEST OF ISTANBUL…
A 278 YEARS OLD BOOK…
PERFECT CONDITION… IN ITS ENTIRELY LUXURY LEATHER BINDING…
FIRST EDITION DEVOTED TO THE ARCHDUCHESQUE OF AUSTRIA AND THE QUEEN OF HUNGARY…
ONE OF THE MOST DETAILED REFERENCE BOOKS ON BYZANTINE HISTORY AND CONSTANTINOPLE…
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GEOFFROI DE VILLE-HARDOUIN – LA CONQUETE DE CONSTANTINOPLE
Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres Fils et Cie., Paris, 1872. 511 p., 27.5x18 cm. 1 colored folding map. In leather binding with ribs on the ridge and gilded print, hard cover with marbling inside, gilded page edges.
THIS WORK IS ABOUT 1207-1213 CRUSADE COVERING CONSTANTINOPLE WRITTEN BY EYEWITNESS VILLE-HARDOUIN. THE BOOK ALSO MENTIONS OF LATIN EMPIRE ERA AMONG THE BYZANTINE AND CONSIDERED TO BE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HISTORICALLY VALUABLE FRENCH PROSE, PRINTED IN PARIS DATING 1872…
THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE BOOK ON THE DESTRUCTION OF BYZANTINE LANDS AND CONTANTINOPLE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 13TH CENTURY…
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NICOLAI (NIKOLAEVICH) KARAZINE - DU VOLGA AU NIL DANS LES AIRS
Librairie de Paris, Firmin-Didot et Cie, Paris, 1890. 224s., 29.5x22 cm, full-page plate and a total of 72 engravings within the text, in its publisher's decorative percaline binding, with gold page edges. This copy was given by the Municipality of Paris as a student award, with a golden logo of the Municipality of Paris on the front cover. Label with the name of the student who received the award inside the front cover.
A JOURNEY FROM THE VOLGA ALONG OTTOMAN LANDS AND İSTANBUL TO THE NILE THROUGH THE EYES OF A CRANE…
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THEOPHILE LAVALLEE (Gravürler; Thomas Allom) – HISTOIRE DE L’EMPIRE OTOMAN
First edition. Garnier Fréres, Paris, 1855. 528 p., 27x17.5 cm, 18-plate steel print engravings. In its stylish panzolite binding of the period with gilded texts and motifs on the ridge. In super condition. Blackmer 963, Atabey 681.
LAVALLEE’S FAMOUS OTTOMAN HISTORY BOOK ACCOMPANIED BY THOMAS ALLOM'S ENGRAVINGS…
IN SUPER CONDITION…
A MASTERPIECE ON OTTOMAN HISTORY BY LAVALLE IN DETAILED INVESTIGATION OF THE OTTOMAN FOUNDTAION, GROWTH, STAGNATION AND REGRESSION PERIODS…
ACCOMPANIED BY THOMAS ALLOM’S 18 FULL PAGE ENGRAVINGS…
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