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WILLIAM WITTMAN – TRAVELS IN TURKEY, ASIA MINOR, SYRIA AND ACCCROSS 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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VERDY DU VERNOIS & ADRIEN MARIE FRANÇOIS - ESSAIS DE GEOGRAPHIE, DE POLITIQUE ET HISTOIRE SUR LES POSSESSIONS DE L’EMPEREUR DES TURCS EN EUROPE
First edition. Societe Typographique, Neuchâtel, 1784. 319 p. 20.5x13 cm. 1 folding table. In its renewed leather binding with ribs on the ridge and gilded print, hard cover with marbling inside. Atabey 1280; Blackmer 1725.
THE WORK OF VERMOIS, A GERMAN WHO ATTRACTED ATTENTION WITH HIS MILITARY WRITINGS, DEALS WITH THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, THE TURKISH MILITARY STRUCTURE AND POLITICS IN THE 18TH CENTURY.
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CHARLES DE MOÜY – LETTRES DU BOSPHORE; BUCAREST – CONSTANTINOPLE – ATHENES
E. Plon et Cie, Imprimeurs - Éditeurs, Paris, 1879. 18x11.5 cm, 326 p. 8 full-page woodblock engravings. In hard cover binding with marbling pattern. In good condition.
İSTANBUL THROUGH THE EYES OF AN OTTOMAN AND İSTANBUL SYMPATHIZER FRENCH DIPLOMAT…
FRENCH DIPLOMAT CHARLES DE MOÜY, COMING TO ISTANBUL WITH A SECRET MISSION DURING THE OTTOMAN-RUSSIAN WAR OF 1875-78 AND IN THIS WORK, CONTRASTING WITH THE TITLE, HE SPEAKS OF İSTANBUL WITH LOVE AND GREAT SYMPATHY… IN THIS BOOK OF MOÜY, THE BEAUTY OF ISTANBUL, PALACES, MONUMENTS, MOSQUES, BYZANTINE REMAINS, INSIDES AS WELL AS THE OTTOMAN STATE ORDER, POLITICAL RELATIONS AND EASTERN CULTURE ARE MENTIONED OF…
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EDMONDO DE AMICIS – LE MAROC
Hachette et Cie, Paris, 1882. 405 s., 34x26 cm. 174 in-text and full-page engravings in total. In its luxurious decorative binding with gilded motives and writing on the covers anf the back, and gilded page edges.
THE FAMOUS TRAVELOGUE EMDONDO DE AMICIS, WHO BECAME FAMOUS WITH HIS CONSTANTINOPLE WORK, DESCRIBES HIS JOURNEY TO MOROCCO WITH 174 ENGRAVINGS...
IN LUXURIOUS DECORATIVE BINDING...
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PAUL RYCAUT – THE PRESENT SATE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
3rd edition, 3 volume in one book. John Starkey and Henry Erome, London, 1670. 32x20.5 cm, 216 p., 3 full-page engravings and 18 in-text engravings. Completely renewed leather cover, frontpiece is restroted.
THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY BOOK OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE BY PAUL RYCAUT, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HISTORIANS OF THE 17TH CENTURY…. 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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TORQUATO TASSO – LA GERUSELAMME LIBERTA
Blankestein, Paris, 1812. Two volumes; first volume 331 pp., second volume 337 pp., 17.5x10 cm. Back and cover edges are gilded patterned, entirely in leather of the period. Page edges are marbling patterned.
THE MOST FAMOUS EPIC OF THE I. CRUSADES…
ONE OF THE CLASSIC EPIC OF EUROPEAN LITERATURE…
A 211YEAR OLD MASTERWORK THAT IS THE SUBJECT TO FAMOUS OPERA AND PAINTINGS IN EUROPE…
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WILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELL - A DIARY IN THE EAST
George Routledge And Sons, 1869, London. 648 p., 22.5 x 15 cm. 6 colored full-page, 16 in-text engravings. In its publisher's hardcover decorative cloth binding with gilded illustrations on the ridge, moderate wear on the back of the binding and cover corners. Atabey 1066; Weber 688; Blackmer 1462.
WILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELL'S TRAVEL WITH THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES, INCLUDING THE OTTOMAN PERIOD'S EGYPT, PALESTINE, CANAKKALE, ISTANBUL AND THE CRIMEA…
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GUSTAVE LE BON - LES CIVILISATIONS DE L’INDE
Firmin-Didot, Paris, 1887. 743 p., 29.5x20.5 cm. 2 maps, 7 colored full-page engravings preserved with pelur paper of Nepal in the 19th century, a total of 350 engravings consisting of photoengravings and illustrations. In its leather binding, ribs on the ridge with gilded print, hard cover with marbling on the inside.
AN INTERESTING WORK WRITTEN ABOUT THE PHILOSOPHY, RELIGIOUS AND ETHICAL CONCEPTS OF INDIAN CIVILIZATIONS WITH 350 VISUAL ACCOMPANIMENT…
IN LUXURIOUS DECORATIVE BINDING...
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JEAN ANTOINE GUER – MOEURS ET USAGES DES TURCS; Leur Religion, Leur Government Civil, Militaire Et Politique, Avec Un Abrege De L’Histoire Ottomane
Merigot & Pigot: Paris, 1747. 29x21.5 cm, 2 volumes: Volume 1, 453 pp., Volume 2, 537 pp., 27 engravings; 21 of them are full-page and 6 of them are folding. 1 engraving missing. Gilded motifs on the ridge, entirely leather bound, ridge has been professionally repaired. In quite good condition for a 275-year-old book. Atabey 534, Weber 761, Blackmer 762.
OTTOMAN HISTORY BOOK FROM OSMAN GAZI TO SULTAN I. MAHMUD FAMOUS WITH ITS ENGRAVINGS… RARE…
RARE AND HIGHLY WANTED 2 VOLUME BOOKS… Specifically the palace, the military organization and the traditions and customs of the Turks, their clothing and religious life are discussed in detail…
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RICHARD BROWN – SACRED ARCHITECTURE; Its Rise, Progress, and Present State
Fisher, Son & Co., London, 1845. 304 p., 27.5x22 cm. 63 full-page plate. Spine has leather ribs and giding writing, cover edges are learther with its hardcover cloth binding.
A MASTERPIECE THAT SHEDS LIGHT ON THE HISTORY OF SACRED ARCHITECTURE AND RELIGIONS…. FROM ANTIQUITY 19. DETAILED RESEARCH OF SACRED ARCHITECTURE UP TO THE CENTURY…
AN INTERESTING RESOURCE FOR ARCHITECTS AND ART LOVERS…
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JOHN GALT - VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, IN THE YEARS 1809, 1810, AND 1811; Containing Statistical, Commercial And Miscellaneous Observations On Gibaltar, Sardania, Sicily, Malta, Serigo, And Turkey
T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, London, 1812 30x25 cm, 435s. 2 full-page engravings. In new hard-cover cloth binding with marbled page edges. Atabey; 473, Blackmer 644, Weber I 25.
A TRAVELOGUE CONTAINING COMMERCIAL RESEARCH ABOUT RUMELIA AND WESTERN ANATOLIA OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND SOME MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES…
A TRAVELOGUE FROM SCOTTISH ENTREPRENEUR, BUSINESSMAN AND WRITER JOHN GALT CEBELİTARIK, THAT INCLUDES TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BRITISH, STARTING FROM SARDINIA, SICILY, MALTA AND SERIGO AND EXTENDING TO RUMELIA AND MAINLY WESTERN ANATOLIAN LANDS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, SUCH AS ISTANBUL, EDIRNE, PLOVDIV, IZMIT, IZMIR…
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CHARLES MALO - VOYAGES DE NADIR SHAH EN EUROPE
P. C. Schuby, Libraire-Editeur, Paris, 1845. 392 p., 22x14 cm, 3 full-page engravings and 1 engraved extra imprint page. In its decorative cloth binding with gilded page edges, inside cover papers reneved.
FROM THE EYES OF IRAN PRINCE NADIR SHAH, ISTANBUL, ANATOLIA AND NEAR EAST ASIA AND OTHER LANDS IN EUROPE…
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PIERRE GILLES – PETRI GYLLII DE BOSPORO THRACIO LIBRI III & CONSTANTINOPOLEOS TOPOGRAPHIA Et De Illius Antiquitatibus Libri IV
2nd edition. 2 books in one volume. Lugduni Batavorum, Elzevir, 1632. First book 384 pp., second book 428 pp., 11.5x6 cm. 2 full-page engravings. In the parchment binding of the period, in excellent condition. Atabey 495, Blackmer 684, Baudrier IX 291, Göllner 1022; Atabey 496, Blackmer 685, Göllner 1023.
THE FIRST WORK ON THE ISTANBUL STRAIT AND ITS TOPOGRAPHY… TODAY, IT IS AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR GEOGRAPHERS AND HISTORISTS…
ONE OF THE GENUINE FOUNDATIONS FOR EUROPEAN LIBRARIES… EXTREMELY RARE… ON THE PARCHMENT SKİN OF THE PERIOD… IN GREAT CONDITION… AN EXTREMELY COMPREHENSIVE MASTERPIECE ON THE STRAIT OF ISTANBUL AND ITS TOPOGRAPHY OF PIERRE GILLES, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HISTORIANS OF THE 16TH CENTURY…
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THEOPHILE LAVALLEE (GRAVÜRLER; THOMAS ALLOM) - HISTOIRE DE L’ EMPIRE OTTOMAN DEPUIS LES TEMPS ANCIENS JUSQU'A NOS JOURS
First edition. Garnier Fréres, Paris, 1855. 528 pages., 27.5 x 18.5 cm, 18 full-page engraving. On the leather covered paperback binding of the period, moderate foxing on the text pages. Blackmer 963, Atabey 681.
A MASTERPIECE ON OTTOMAN HISTORY BY LAVALLE IN DETAILED INVESTIGATION OF THE OTTOMAN FOUNDTAION, GROWTH, STAGNATION AND REGRESSION PERIODS…
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ALPHONSO DE LAMARTINE – HISTOIRE DE LA TURQUIE
8 volumes. Libraire Du Constitutionnel, Paris, 1854 - 1855. 18x11.5 cm. 1st volume 400 pp., 2nd volume 424 pp., 3rd volume 420 pp., 4th volume 450 pp., 5th volume 400 pp., 6th volume 446 pp., 7th volume 413 pp., 8 vol. 403 p. In their hardcover binding with leather ridges. In very good condition, minor professional repairs.
FAMOUS "TURKISH ALLY" POLITICIAN AND AUTHOR LAMARTINE'S WELL-KNOWN 8-VOLUME BOOK ON TURKISH HISTORY… IN VERY GOOD CONDITION…
LAMARTINE'S 8-VOLUME MASTERPIECE COVERS THE ENTRANCE OF TURKS TO ANATOLIA BEGINNING FROM HIS HOLINESS MUHAMMAD AND THE ARABS, THE SELJUK EMPIRE, THE BEYLICS PERIOD AFTER THE SELJUK EMPIRE, OTTOMAN HISTORY FROM THE FOUNDATION TO II. ABDÜLMECİD…
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STEPHEN OLIN - GREECE AND THE GOLDEN HORN
J. C. Derby, Phillips, Sampson & Co., New York, Boston, 1854. 323 p., 19.5x13 cm, 4 full-page engravings, including an imprint engraving of the Golden Horn, preserved with pelur papers. In its publisher’s original decorative cloth binding with gilded writings and motives on spine and embedded illustration on the cover. Color darkenings due to usage on the spine and covers. Blackmer 1219.
AMERICAN POLITICIAN AND CLERGYMAN WRITER OLIN'S OBSERVATIONS ABOUT MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES, ARMENIANS AND EVERYDAY LIFE DURING HIS JOURNEY STARTING FROM CORFU AND EXTENDING TO ISTANBUL VIA ATHENS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY…
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EDWARD BRUCE HAMLEY - THE STORY OF THE CAMPAIGN OF SEBASTOPOL
First edition. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1855. 339 p., 23 x 15 cm. 3 full-page, colored engravings, 4 tinted full-page engravings, 1 colored folding engraving, 1 folding engraving, a map of Crimea.
AN IMPORTANT MILITARY REFERENCE FROM CORGENERAL EDWARD BRUCE HAMLEY, WHO TAKE CHARGE İN THE CRIMEAN WAR, COMMITTED BY COMPREHENSIVE ARTICLES ABOUT THE OPERATIONS AND BATTLES IN THE CRIMEAN WAR, ACCOMPANIED WITH ENGRAVINGS… A RARE BOOK…
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LOUIS ENAULT - LA MÉDITERRANÉE
First edition. Morizot, Paris, 1863. 538 p., 27x18 cm. 18 full-page engravings and 4 hand-coloured costume engravings. Leather ribbed and gilded writing on spine, with gilded page edges, in its cardboard binding. Pages have slight foxing. Blackmer 552.
FRENCH JOURNALIST AUTHOR LOUIS ENAULT FROM FRANCE THROUGH ITALY, GREECE AND THE AEGEAN ISLANDS EXTENDING TO IZMIR, CANAKKALE, ISTANBUL AND ANATOLIA, CONTINUING TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA ,TRAVEL CONTINUING TO THE LEBANON… TRAVEL BOOK OF THE MEDITERRANEAN JOURNEY ACCOMPANYING THE ROUARGUW BROTHERS' 4-COLOR COSTUME ENGRAVING AND 18 FULL PAGE SCENERY ENGRAVINGS…
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CHARLES DE FERRIOL (Gravürler; JEAN-BAPTISTE VANMOUR) – RECUEIL DE CENT ESTAMPES REPRESENTANT DIFFERENTES NATIONS DU LEVANT
Chez Le Hay, Chez Duchange avec privilege du roi, Paris, 1714. 50x33 cm, 98 full-page engravings (3 of which are folding and 4 engravings missing). In its hardcover binding with leather ridge. The ridge has been professionally repaired, the top margins of the pages at the back of the book are water stained. Atabey 429; Blackmer 591; Colas 1819-20; Brunet III, 947-8; Cohen-de Ricci 392l; Lipperheide 413, 414.
VERY RARE... A 308-YEAR-OLD MASTERPIECE WITH MANY ENGRAVINGS… FERRIOL REVEALS OTTOMAN LIFE WITH HIS DETAILED AND VIVID EXPRESSIONS ON THE TULIP ERA… THE MASTERPIECE PIONEERING THE “TURQUERIE” FASHION THAT INFLUENCED EUROPE FOR A LONG TIME… 98 FULL-PAGE OTTOMAN ENGRAVING FROM DRAWINGS OF THE MOST FAMOUS ORIENTALIST PAINTER, FLAMM JEAN-BAPTISTE VANMOUR, OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY…
IN 1699, ESCORTED BY VANMOR ARISTOCRAT AND POLITICIAN FERRIOL COME TO ISTANBUL, WHILE FERRIOL OBSERVING THE OTTOMAN SOCIETY IN DETAILS, VANMOUR PORTRAYED THE "TULIP ERA" İSTANBUL… GAINING GREAT REPUTATION WITH THE PUBLICATION OF THIS WORK, VANMOUR HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED THE TITLE "THE KING'S PRIVATE PAINTER IN THE EAST" BY KING OF FRANCE XIV. LOUIS… MAJORITY OF THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS OF THE ENGRAVINGS IN THIS BOOK ARE AT THE AMSTERDAM RIJKSMUSEUM…
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CHARLES THOMAS NEWTON – TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIES IN THE LEVANT
Day & Son, London, 1865. 2 volumes; first volume 360 pp., second volume; 275 pp., 16.5x17 cm. 32 full-page engravings, 7 full-page and folding maps, and 37 in-text engravings. In professionally restored leather binding with ribbed spine. Atabey 869, Blackmer 1193, Weber I 636.
THE TRAVEL AND THE DISCOVERIES IN THE LEVANT OF THE BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGIST AND DIPLOMAT SIR CHARLES THOMAS NEWTON, WHO DISCOVERED THE REMAINS OF THE MAUSOLEUM OF HALICARNASSUS…
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M. BAPTISTINE POUJOULAT– RECITS ET SOUVENIRES D’UN VOYAGE EN ORIENT
Second edition. Ad Mame et Cie., tours, 1850. 306 pp., 18.5x11 cm. 6 full-page engraving. The back and lids are in decorative hard cover skin with floral pattern. 983
A DECORATIVE BINDING EASTERN TRAVEL BY POUJOULAT…
A RARE OTTOMAN LIBRARY BOOK…
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AARON HILL – A FULL AND JUST ACCOUNT OF THE PRESENT STATE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
G. Parker, London, 1733, 2nd edition. 31x20 cm, 312 pp. Hard cover cloth binding, pages yellowed due to aging, in acceptable condition. There is no engravings in this copy, this book normally comes with 5 engravings in total. Atabey 581, Blackmer 817.
290 YEARS OLD BOOK… AN IMPORTANT GEM FOR OTTOMAN LIBRARY… TRAVELOGUE OF YOUNG HILL'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE OTTOMAN LANDS IN THE ACCOMPANY OF A PRIEST…
THE FIRST EDITION WAS PUBLISHED WHEN THE AUTHOR WAS ONLY 24 YEARS OLD… IN THIS TRAVELBOOK HILL WROTE ABOUT THE SOCIAL LIFE, TRADITIONS CULTURAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND ECONOMIC SITUATIONS IN DETAILS OVERLOOKED BY PREVIOUS TRAVELERS… ATABEY 581, BLACKMER 817...
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SAMUEL SULLIVAN COX - THE ISLES OF THE PRINCES, or The Pleasures of Prinkipo
First and only edition. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1887. 381 p., 20x14 cm, 25 full-page sheet of photographs and engravings, 2 maps (1 folded), within-text illustrations. In publisher's original cloth binding with decorative print on the cover.
A PLEASANT BOOK TO READ FOR ISTANBULERS…
İSTANBUL ADALARI HAKKINDA KAPSAMLI YAZILMIŞ NADİR KİTAPLARDAN… 1885-87 yılları arasında Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'nin İstanbul Elçisi olan Samuel Cox'un (1824-1889) Büyükada ve diğer İstanbul Adaları hakkındaki anıları.
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WILLIAM COCHRAN - PEN AND PENCIL IN ASIA MINOR
William Clowes, 1887, London. 464 p., 23x15 cm. A total of 89 in-text illustrations and photogravure, mostly made from the author's watercolor sketches. On the publisher's red cloth binding with a mosque image, page edges are uncut. Atabey 260; Weber 886; Blackmer 371.
COCHRAN'S BOOK ON RESEARCH ABOUT SILKWORMS IN THE AEGEAN FOR PRACTICE IN THE BRITISH COLONIES...
RARE... FIRST AND ONLY EDITION...
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CHARLES VARNIER - NOS TROUPIERS EN ORIENT
1855, Paris. Full-page lithographs, 8 of which are colored with watercolor and 59 of which are black and white. 35x27 cm, leather back and cover edges, on hard cover with marbling pattern. There are water stains on the bottom of the pages and moderate foxing.
ENGRAVING ALBUM ON “OUR SOLDIERS IN THE EAST”; THE DRAWINGS OF THE FRENCH PAINTER CHARLES VERNIER'S INSTANTIATION ON THE CRIMEA FRONT…
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