JACQUES JAMES DALLAWAY - CONSTANTINOPLE ANCIENNE & MODERNE ET DESCRIPTION DES COTES ET ISLES DE L’ARCHIPEL ET DE LA TROADE
Chez Denne Jeune, Paris, 1799. Two volumes; first volume 571 p., second volume 288 p., 21x12.5 cm. 2 folding engravings, 1 folding map, and 1 folding table. In its fully leather binding with gilt written and patterned on the spine. Atabey 309.
THE FAMOUS TRAVELOGUE AT THE END OF 18TH CENTURY ON ISTANBUL BUT ALSO EXTENDING TO WEST ANATOLIA AND AEGEAN ISLANDS BY JAMES DALLAWAY, A WRITER AND APPOINTED PHYSICIAN AND PASTOR TO THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN ISTANBUL…
Estimate:12.000TL - 18.000TL
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JOSEPH MARIE JOUANNIN (Gravürler; Jules Van Gaver) - TURQUIE
Firmin Didot Freres, Paris, 1840. 462 pp., 21.5x1 cm. 96 full-page engravings, one folded and one double-page maps. In a leather spine binding of its period with marbled covers. Blackmer 889, Atabey 614.
JOUANNIN’S FAMOUS OTTOMAN HISTORY FROM ITS FOUNDATION TO THE SULTAN II. MAHMUD PERIOD IN 19TH CENTURY INCLUDING MILITARY ART, TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE...
96 FULL-PAGE ENGRAVINGS AND 1 TWO-PAGE MAP…
Tahmini Fiyat Aralığı:6.000TL - 9.000TL
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CHARLES SALABERRY – VOYAGE A CONSTANTINOPLE, EN ITALIE ET AUX ILES DE L’ARCHIPEL
First edition. Chez Maradan, Paris, 1799. 331 p., 20.5x13 cm. In full leather binding of the period, with gilt writing and embossing on the spine. Atabey 607, Weber 625, Blackmer 863.
TRAVELOGUE IN FORM OF LETTERS OF CANADIAN SALABERRY, WHO TRAVELLED IN EUROPE AND OTTOMAN LANDS IN LATE 18TH CENTURY, DESCRIBING HIS OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES AND MAKING DEMOGRAPHIC COMPARISONS BETWEEN EUROPE AND OTTOMAN PROVINCES.\
Tahmini Fiyat Aralığı:12.000TL - 18.000TL
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SHEYKH-ZADA – THE HISTORY OF THE 40 VEZIRS
First English edition. George Redway, London, 1886. 420 p., 20.5x13.5 cm. In its publisher’s decorative cloth binding with gilt writing on the spine and covers.
THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION DATED 1886 OF THE OLD TURKISH FOLK TALES, WITH UNKNOWN DATE OF WRITING, BY AN OTTOMAN WRITER CALLING HIMSELF AS SHEIKH-ZADE...
Estimate:1.600TL - 2.600TL
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PAUL RYCAUT - THE HISTORY OF THE PRESENT STATE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Three books in one volume. John Starkey, London, 1862. 406 p., 18.5x12 cm. 29 full page engravings. In leather binding of its period. It is in good condition for a 341-year-old book. Atabey 1068, 328.
A MASTERPIECE ON OTTOMAN HISTORY… THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE BOOK ON OTTOMANS IN THE 17TH CENTURY, A BED SIDE REFERENCE BOOK FOR EUROPEANS FOR CENTURIES, BY PAUL RYCAULT, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HISTORIANS OF THE 17TH CENTURY…
Estimate:35.000TL - 45.000TL
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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 with Ville de Lille emblem on the cover for academic award to lycee students in Lille (France).
TURKISH AND OTTOMAN HISTORY STARTING FROM THE PERIOD OF PROPHET MUHAMMED “PBUH” UP TO SULTAN ABDULMECID PERIOD BY CHARLES BARTHELEMY, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HISTORIANS OF THE 19TH CENTURY…
AN IMPORTANT REFERENCE BOOK EVEN TODAY…
Estimate:3.500TL - 5.000TL
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ALFRED COLBECK – A SUMMER’S CRUISE IN THE WATERS OF GREECE, TURKEY, AND RUSSIA
T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1887. 416 p., 19x13.5 cm. 1 full page engraving. In its contemporary binding with leather spine and cover corners, and cloth cover.
COLBECK’S JOURNEY, WHICH WAS SUBJECT TO MANY BOOKS LATER, TO THE AEGEAN COASTS AND ISLANDS, ISTANBUL, THE BLACK SEA AND THE SEA OF AZOV WITH OBSERVATIONS AND OPINION ON THE BIRTH AND RISE OF ISLAM, THE GREEK AND RUSSIAN CHURCHES AND NIHILISM…
Estimate:2.500TL - 3.500TL
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ELIOT WARBURTON – THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS; ROMANCE AND REALITIES OF EASTERN TRAVEL
Henry Colburn, London, 1845. 2 volumes; 1st volume 418 p., 2nd volume 350 p., 20.5x12.5 cm. 2 full-page front-piece and 13 in-text engravings. In its decorative publisher’s original cloth binding, with gilt writing on the spine, and gilded cross and crescent images embossed decorations and on the covers. Blackmer 771.
THE FAMOUS TRAVELOGUE OF ELIOT WARBURTON’S JOURNEY TO THE LEVANT UNDER OTTOMAN RULE STARTING FROM GREECE TO ANATOLIA, SYRIA, LEBANON, PALESTINE AND EGYPT DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 19TH CENTURY…
ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR TRAVEL BOOKS OF THE 19TH CENTURY… PRINTED 18 TIMES…
Estimate:6.000TL - 10.000TL
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JOHN MASON NEALE – THEODORA PHRANZA OR THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE
J. Masters, London, 1904. 448 p., 19.5x12.5 cm. 4 full page engravings. In the publisher’s decorative original cloth binding, with gilt writing on the spine and the image of a Janissary soldier on the cover.
A FICTIONAL WORK WRITTEN ABOUT THE CONQUEST OF ISTANBUL…
Estimate:1.300TL - 1.800TL
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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 steel-plate engravings. In a luxurious percaline cover binding with a leather spine, gilded inscriptions and motifs, and gilded page edges. A copy in very good condition, except for moderate foxing and water stains on some pages. Atabey 681, Blackmer 963.
A MASTERPIECE BY LAVALLEE ON OTTOMAN HISTORY, ACCOMPANIED BY ENGRAVINGS OF THOMAS ALLOM, FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT AND RISE TO THE STATIONAL ERA AND DECLINE OF THE EMPIRE IN DETAIL...
Estimate:9.000TL - 14.000TL
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AUGIER GHISLAIN DE BUSBECQ - LEGATIONIS TURC EPISTOLAE IV. EIUSDEM DE RE MILITARI
Monaco, 1620. 541 p., 12.5x7.5 cm. 4 full page engravings. Fourth and first full edition. In parchment binding of the preiod. It is in very good condition for a 403-year-old book. Atabey 171, Blackmer 250.
DETAILED OBSERVATIONS BUSBECQ, WHO WAS THE AMBASSADOR OF THE HOLY GERMAN EMPEROR FERDINAND I IN ISTANBUL DURING THE PERIOD OF SULTAN SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICIENT, ABOUT THE POLITICAL, MILITARY, DIPLOMATIC, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STRUCTURE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE…
ONE OF THE CORNERSTONES OF THE OTTOMAN LIBRARY… ATABEY 171, BLACKMER 250…
Estimate:25.000TL - 35.000TL
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LOUIS ENAULT - LA MÉDITERRANÉE\
First edition. Morizot, Paris, 1863. 538 pp., 27x18 cm. 18 full-page engravings and 4 hand-coloured costume engravings. In percaline cover binding with leather ribbed and gilt printed spine, and gilded page edges. Blackmer 552.
TRAVELOGUE OF FRENCH JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR LOUIS ENAULT’S MEDITERRANEAN JOURNEY, FROM FRANCE AND ITALY SHORES TO GREECE, AEGEAN ISLANDS, IZMIR, DARDANELLES, ISTANBUL, ANATOLIA, EXTENDING TO THE MIDDLE EAST….
FULL PAGE 4 COLOR COSTUME AND 18 LANDSCAPE ENGRAVINGS BY THE ROUARGUW BROTHERS …
Estimate:9.000TL - 14.000TL
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ROBERT WALSH – NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY FROM CONSTANTINOPLE TO ENGLAND
Frederick Westley and A. H. Davis, London, 1829. 19.5x12.4 cm, 445 p. 2 folded maps, 1 folded “yafta” from the wall of the Topkapı Palace, 5 full-page engravings. In a full-leather binding with gilded motives on the spine and marbled page edges.In excellent condition. Atabey 1313, Blackmer 1764, Droulia 1567.
AN EXTRAORDINARY TRAVELOGUE OF ROBERT WALSH ON ESPECIALLY ISTANBUL AND THE BALKANS DURING HIS JOURNEY FROM CONTANTINOPLE TO LONDON IN THE FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY…
Estimate:8.500TL - 13.000TL
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RENE AUBERT DE VERTOT – HISTOIRE DES CHEVALIERS HOSPITALIERS DE ST. JAMES DE JERUSALEM
First edition. Chez Rollin, Quillau, Desaint, Paris, 1726. 4 volumes, 1st volume 696 p., 2nd volume 719 p., 3rd volume 552 p., 4th volume 428 p., 26.5x19.5 cm. 71 full-page engravings, 4 folded and 1 full-page maps. In full-leather binding of its period with ribbed and gilded pattern spines. Brunet V 1149, Graesse VI 288.
A MASTERPIECE ON ST JEAN CHEVALIERS OF JERUSALEM, WHO PARTICIPATED IN EVERY CRUSADE AND FOUGHT MANY BATTLES WITH BYZANTINES IN ANATOLIA, AND WITH THE AYYUBIS, THE SELJUKS AND THE OTTOMANS IN THE HOLY LAND AND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SINCE ITS FOUNDATION IN THE 11TH CENTURY.
FIRST EDITION PRINTED IN 1726…
71 FULL-PAGE EARLY WOODEN PLATE ENGRAVINGS OF PORTRAITS OF IMPORTANT KNIGHT MASTERS AND 4 FOLDED RARE MAPS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN, CYPRUS, RHODES AND MALTA…
Estimate:80.000TL - 150.000TL
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JACQUES MISLIN – LES SAINTS LIEUX
Jacques Lecoffre et Cie., Paris, 1858. 3 volumes; 1st volume 595 p., 2nd volume 618 p., 3rd volume 552 pp., 24x15.5 cm. 2 folded and 1 full-page map in volume 1, 5 full page-plans in volume 2, 2 full-page maps and 2 full-page plans in volume 3. In leather spine and percaline cover bindings of the period, some wear on the spine and cover corners.
JACQUES MISLIN’S FAMOUS 3-VOLUME PILGRIMAGE TRAVELOGUE, STARTING FROM VIENNA AND TO THE HOLY LAND PASSING THROUGH ISTANBUL IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY…
Estimate:7.000TL - 11.000TL
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MRS. ANNIE BRASSEY – SUNSHINE AND THE STORM IN THE EAST
Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1880. 448 p., 21.5x14.5 cm. 9 full-page, 100 in-text engravings and drawings, 2 folded maps. In its publisher’s original decorative cloth binding with illustration on the cover. Professionalu repaire on the cover edges.
LADY BRASSEY’S FAMOUS EAST MEDITERANEAN TARVELOGUE IN HER YACHT “SUNBEAM”, INCLUDING HER OBSERVATIONS AND EXOTIC DESCRIPTIONS OF PEOPLE AND PLACES ON THE OTTOMAN RULED AEGEAN AND EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN COASTS AND ISLANDS...
NUMEROUS FULL-PAGE AND IN-TEXT ENGRAVINGS…
Estimate:7.000TL - 10.000TL
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SAMUEL SULLIVAN COX - ARCTIC SUNBEAMS OR FROM BROADWAY TO BOSPHORUS, BY WAY OF THE NORTH CAPE
First edition. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1882. 347 p., 20x14 cm. 6 text-in, and 6 full page engravings. In its publisher’s original decorative cloth binding with gilded and illustrated cover.
THE TRAVELOGUE OF THE JOURNEY STARTING FROM NEW YORK EXTENDING TO ISTANBUL BY SAMUEL COX, AMERICA’S AMBASSADOR IN ISTANBUL IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY…
Estimate:2.500TL - 3.500TL
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JEAN JACQUES BARTHELEMY - VOYAGE DU JEUNE ANACHARSIS EN GRECE
Chez Etienne Leoux, Paris, 1824. 8 volumes.; 7 text volumes + atlas. 20x13.5cm. 1st volume 382 p., 2nd volume 568 p., 3rd volume 560 p., 4th volume 564 p., 5th volume 543 p., 6th volume 511 p., 7th volume 130 p. Volume 8 atlas contains 31 full page maps, engravings and plans. Leather backed, in marbled covers.. Atabey 67, Blackmer 386.
MASTERPIECE OF THE FAMOUS FRENCH HISTORIAN BARTHELEMY CONSISTING OF 7 VOLUMES AND 1 ATLAS… THE ATLAS CONTAINS MANY MAPS, PLANS AND ENGRAVINGS…
INSPIRED BY HIS OWN TRAVELS, BARTHELEMY TELLS FROM THE MOUTH OF THE IMAGINARY CHARACTER ANACHARSIS THE OBSERVATIONS AND TRAVELS IN THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD FROM GREECE TO ISTANBUL, ANATOLIA EXTENDING ALL THE WAY TO EGYPT
Estimate:22.000TL - 32.000TL
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DJELAL ESSAD ARSEVEN - CONSTANTINOPLE DE BYZANCE S STAMBOUL
Libraire Renouard, Paris, 1909. 289 p., 24.5x16 cm. 56 full-page photographs, 1 double-page map. In leather spine and hard cover binding.
1909 PARIS EDITION OF THE BOOK BY CELAL ESAT ARSEVEN, THE MP, PAINTER AND WRITER, WHO INTRODUCED THE HISTORY OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE TO TURKEY, WRITING THE HISTORY, TOPOGRAPHY AND ARCHITECTURE OF ISTANBUL, ACCOMPANYING 56 IMAGES, DRAWINGS AND MAPS…
Estimate:3.000TL - 5.000TL
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GEORGE BURNFIELD – VOICES FROM THE ORIENT
First edition. C., Blackett Robinson, Toronto, 1884. 491 p., 19.5x14.5 cm. 19 full-page and 7 in-text engravings. In its publisher’s decorative cloth binding with a gilded Jerusalem panorama, relief writing and ornaments on the cover, fading on the spine and covers.
A TRAVELOGUE OF REV. GEORGE BURNFIELD'S JOURNEY STARTING IN ITALY EXTENDING TO THE LANDS RULED BY THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE; EGYPT, THE HOLY LANDS, ANATOLIA AND ISTANBUL...
ACCOMPANYED WITH 19 FULL-PAGE AND 7 IN-TEXT ENGRAVINGS…
Estimate:2.200TL - 3.200TL
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LADY ELIZABETH CRAVEN – VOYAGE DE MILADY CRAVEN A CONSTANTINOPLE EN 1786
Chez Maradan, London, 1789. 443 pp., 20x13 cm. 4 folding engravings and a folding map. In its contemporary binding with gilt writing and motifs on the spine. Atabey 298, Blackmer 424.
THE FAMOUS TRAVELOGUE IN FORM OF 45 LETTERS OF THE BRITISH ARISTOCRAT LADY CRAVEN IN LATE 18TH CENTURY ABOUT HER JOURNEY TO CRIMEA, ISTANBUL, ANATOLIA, THE AEGEAN ISLANDS AND GREECE, EXPRESSING HER OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES IN A FLUENT STYLE …
Estimate:20.000TL - 30.000TL
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GEORGE SANDYS - SANDYS TRAVAILES: CONTAINING A HISTORY OF THE ORIGINAL AND PRESENT STATE OF THE TURKISH EMPIRE
R. & W. Leybourn, London, 1658. 240 pp., 30x19.5 cm. 45 full-pages/folded/ in-text engravings and one full-page map. In its period’s full-leather binding, with renewed spine and professionally repaired cover corners. Atabey 1087, Blackmer 1484, Rohricht 923.
A 17TH CENTURY OTTOMAN TRAVELOGUE INCLUDING AN INTERPRETATIVE PERSPECTIVE AND DETAIL OF THE JOURNEY BY ENGLISH POET AND POLITICIAN SANDYS, STARTING FROM FRANCE, EXTENDING TO ALMOST TO THE WHOLE OF THE OTTOMAN LAND INCLUDING ISTANBUL, AEGEAN ISLANDS, ANATOLIA, HOLY LANDS AND EGYPT, ACCOMPANYED BY MANY ENGRAVINGS…
A MASTERPIECE… CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TRAVELOGUES EVER WRITTEN…
Estimate:45.000TL - 65.000TL
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SAMUEL SULLIVAN COX - DIVERSIONS OF A DIPLOMAT IN TURKEY
Charles L. Webster & Co., New York, 1887. 685 p., 23.5x16 cm. 106 full page and text-in engravings, drawings, and maps.
In its publisher’s decorative cloth binding with the image of Ottoman cafe with in a cresent. Blackmer 421.
FAMOUS BOOK ON THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL LIFE OT THE OTTOMANS IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY THROUGH THE EYES OF AN AMERICAN DIPLOMAT…
Estimate:2.500TL - 4.000TL
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WARINGHTON WILKINSON SMYTH – A YEAR WITH THE TURKS
Redfield, New York, 1854. 251 pp., 19.5x13 cm. 1 folded Anatolia and Balkans map. In its publisher’s cloth binding with a star and crescent motif on the spine.
A SCIENTIFIC TRAVELOGUE ON THE GEOLOGY OF ANATOLIA AND THE BALKANS THE BRITISH SCIENTIST SIR WARINGHTON SMYTH….
Estimate:3.000TL - 4.500TL
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MARC ANTOINE LAUGIER – HISTOIRE DES NEGOCIATIONS POUR LA PAIX CONCLUDE A BELGRADE
First and only edition. Chez la Veuve Duchesne, 1768, Paris. 2 volumes, 1st volume 352 p., 2nd volume 392 p., 17x10 cm. 1 folding Ottoman Empire map. In full leather binding of the period, the upper and lower back cover joints have been professionally repaired. Atabey 677.
A VERY RARE BOOK ABOUT THE TREATY OF BELGRADE IN 1739, WHICH WAS THE LAST PROFITABLE TREATY SIGNED BY THE OTTOMAN AGAINST THE EUROPEANS AND THE RUSSIANS, AND ALSO IN WHICH BLACK SEA WAS CONFIRMED AS A TURKISH LAKE FOR THE LAST TIME...
Estimate:20.000TL - 30.000TL
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