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Lot: 1 » Rare Book

ALEXANDER VAN MILLINGEN - CONSTANTINOPLE

London, A. & C. Black, 1906. 282 pages, 22.5 x 16 cm. Includes 63 color plates of watercolor
illustrations protected with tissue guards, and 1 fold-out map of Istanbul. In the publisher’s
original decorative cloth binding, in very good condition.

PREPARED FOR A. & C. BLACK’S ILLUSTRATED WORLD CITIES SERIES, THIS WORK BRINGS TOGETHER A WRITER AND AN ARTIST TO PRESENT THE DAILY LIFE OF ISTANBUL — CAPITAL OF A GREAT EMPIRE THAT LEFT A MARK ON WORLD CULTURAL HISTORY — THROUGH 63 WATERCOLOR ILLUSTRATIONS.

Estimate: 181 USD - 258 USD

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Lot: 2 » Rare Book

ALFRED VANAULT & CHARLES RICHOMME & A. CASTILLON - NOUVELLE GEOGRAPHIE EN ESTAMPES REVUE PITTORESQUE DE L’UNIVERS

Publisher’s elegant decorative cloth binding with gilt visual impressions and ornaments on the spine and covers, in very good condition.

AN INTERESTING 19TH-CENTURY WORK THAT, WITH ITS CLEAR AND FLUID STYLE, OFFERS SOCIOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON DIFFERENT CONTINENTS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES—FROM EUROPE TO ASIA AND AFRICA, AND FROM AMERICA TO OCEANIA.

Estimate: 155 USD - 207 USD

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MICHAEL RUSSELL - PALESTINE, OR THE HOLY LAND: From the Earliest Period to the Present

Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, early 19th century (with an inner cover label dated 1810). 400 pages, 17x11 cm. 5 full-page engravings
and 4 in-text engravings, totaling 9 engravings, along with 1 fold-out map. Luxuriously bound in full red morocco leather with giltframed
cover edges.

THE HISTORY, RELIGIONS, TRADITIONS, AND CULTURE OF THE PEOPLES WHO HAVE LIVED AND CONTINUE TO LIVE IN PALESTINE, THE HARDSHIPS THEY HAVE ENDURED, AND THE NATURAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL BEAUTIES OF THE HOLY LANDS…

Estimate: 310 USD - 516 USD

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Lot: 4 » Rare Book

MRS. ANNIE BRASSEY - SUNSHINE AND THE STORM IN THE EAST

London, Longmans Green and Co., 1881. 448 pp., 19.5 x 13 cm. With 2 folding color maps, 9 full-page and 105 in-text wood-engraved illustrations. Publisher’s original deluxe decorative cloth binding, with pictorial gilt spine and cover, in very fine condition.

THE INTERESTING TRAVEL DIARY OF ENGLISH BARONESS LADY BRASSEY, IN WHICH SHE RECORDED HER OBSERVATIONS AND FINDINGS ABOUT THE OTTOMAN’S AEGEAN AND EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN COASTS WITH HER YACHT “SUNBEAM,” INCLUDING EXOTIC DESCRIPTIONS OF PEOPLE AND PLACES IN A DIARY FORMAT...

Estimate: 181 USD - 258 USD

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Lot: 6 » Rare Book

MARCHEBEUS - VOYAGE DE PARIS A CONSTANTINOPLE PAR BATEAU A VAPEUR

First and only edition. Chez Bertrand, Amiot, 1839. 286 pages, 26.5 x 17 cm. Includes 24 full-page engravings and 1 fold-out
map. Contemporary binding with ribbed leather spine, gilt title and decorations, and marbled paper-covered boards. Atabey 765,
Blackmer 1075, Weber 297.

A RARE WORK THAT GOES BEYOND A SIMPLE TRAVELOGUE, THIS FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OFFERS DETAILED OBSERVATIONS ON KEY MEDITERRANEAN LOCATIONS — FOREMOST AMONG THEM THE AEGEAN ISLANDS, IZMIR, AND ISTANBUL — WHILE ALSO REVEALING THE HISTORICAL INTERCONNECTIONS OF TRANSPORT, CULTURE, AND TECHNOLOGY BETWEEN EUROPE AND THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.. THE SECTIONS ON ISTANBUL INCLUDE RICH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BOSPHORUS LANDSCAPE, THE SPLENDOR OF TOPKAPI PALACE, THE CITY’S MULTICULTURAL FABRIC, THE BUSTLING TRADE LIFE OF THE ISTANBUL PORT, THE INFLUENCE OF EUROPEAN MERCHANTS IN GALATA AND PERA, AND THE INTERTWINING OF MODERNIZATION TRENDS WITH LOCAL TRADITIONS — ALL THROUGH THE DETAILED EYE OF THE AUTHOR...

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Lot: 7 » Rare Book

JOHN LLOYD STEPHENS - INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL IN GREECE, TURKEY, RUSSIA AND POLAND

Harper & Brothers, New York, 1854. 2 volumes; 1st volume 268 pp., 2nd volume 275 pp., 19x11.5 cm. 1 foldout map, 13 in-text engravings. In fully leather modern bindings.

JOHN LLOYD STEPHENS' FAMOUS TRAVELOGUE FROM THE OTTOMAN RULED LANDS TO RUSSIA AND POLAND WRITTEN BY ADDING HIS OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND OBSERVATIONS TO THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INFORMATION OF THE PLACES HE VISITED…

Estimate: 116 USD - 168 USD

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CHARLES WILLIAM CHADWICK OMAN - THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE

T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1892. 364 pages, 20x14 cm. Numerous in-text illustrations and photographs. In the publisher’s decorative
cloth binding.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY FACULTY MEMBER OMAN PRESENTS THE APPROXIMATELY THOUSAND-YEAR PROCESS FROM THE RISE TO THE FALL OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE IN A SYSTEMATIC MANNER, ACCOMPANIED BY NUMEROUS FULLPAGE AND IN-TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS…

Estimate: 78 USD - 104 USD

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AMEDEE LE FAURE - HISTOIRE DE LA GUERRE D’ORIENT

Garnier Frères, Paris, 1878. 320 pages, 29x20 cm. With numerous plans, portraits, maps, and engravings. In the publisher’s decorative
cloth binding. Spine expertly restored.

THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE’S REFORM EFFORTS, ITS INTERNAL WEAKNESSES, THE EUROPEAN POWERS’ INTEREST IN OTTOMAN TERRITORIES, AND ITS STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE WITHIN THE BALANCE OF POWER IN EUROPE…

Estimate: 155 USD - 232 USD

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SIR EDWIN PEARS - FORTY YEARS IN CONSTANTINOPLE

Herbert Jenkins Ltd., London, 1916. 390 pages, 22x16 cm. 16 photographic plates. Publisher’s
cloth binding with a printed silhouette of Istanbul.

DETAILED OBSERVATIONS BY SIR EDWIN PEARS, WHO SERVED AT THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN ISTANBUL, ON THE EVENTS FROM THE DEPOSITION OF SULTAN ABDÜLAZİZ TO THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR…

Estimate: 104 USD - 143 USD

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JOSEPH MERY - CONSTANTINOPLE ET LA MER NOIRE

Belin-Leprieur et Morizot, Paris, 1855. 495 pages, 26.5 x 19 cm. Includes 20 steel-engraved
plates protected with tissue guards, one plate missing. One engraving on the opening
page depicts Sultan Abdülmecid on horseback. Four of the plates are hand-colored.
Gilt-decorated and titled spine, gilt-edged pages, hardcover in a period-style binding
(pandozit), in very good condition.

FOCUSING PRIMARILY ON ISTANBUL, THE BOOK PRESENTS THE HISTORY, PEOPLE, MONUMENTS, GLIMPSES OF DAILY LIFE, STRAY DOGS, BATHHOUSES, FOREIGNERS IN THE CITY, COFFEEHOUSES, LEGENDS, STORYTELLERS (MEDDAH), AND SHADOW PUPPET THEATER (KARAGÖZ) — IN SHORT, 19THCENTURY OTTOMAN LIFE IN THESE CITIES IS BROUGHT TO LIFE THROUGH ENGRAVINGS AND VIVID NARRATION, INCLUDING VARNA, TRABZON, AND SINOPE.

Estimate: 336 USD - 464 USD

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Lot: 14 » Rare Book

GILBERT SALNUIER DU VERDIER - ABBREGE DE L’HISTORIE DES TURCS

Lyon, Chez Jean Bruyset, 1682-81. 3 volumes; 1st volume 476 p., 2nd volume 439 p., 3rd volume 588 p., 15x8.5 cm. 25 full-page engravings. In its period’s full leather binding with ribbed gilded and ornamented spine. Atabey 384, Rouillard 379.

THE FAMOUS WORK IN WHICH THE FRENCH WRITER AND HISTORIAN GILBERT SAULNIER DU VERDIER, KNOWN FOR HIS STUDIES ON OTTOMAN HISTORY AND THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, DETAILED THE HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE FROM ITS FOUNDATION TO THE END OF THE 17TH CENTURY... DESPITE HAVING AN OBJECTIVE JUDGMENT ABOUT THE TURKS, AN IMPORTANT REFERENCE BOOK THAT REFLECTS THE POLITICAL INTERESTS OF 17TH-CENTURY EUROPE...

Estimate: 1.289 USD - 1.805 USD

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Lot: 15 » Rare Book

ANTOINE LAURENT CASTELLAN - THE WORLD IN MINIATURE; TURKEY BEING A DESCRIPTION OF MANNERS, CUSTOMS, DRESSES, AND OTHER PECULIARITIES CHARACTERISTIC OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TURKISH EMPIRE

First English edition. R. Ackermann, London, 1821–22. 6 volumes; vol. 1: 211 pp., vol. 2: 237 pp., vol. 3: 264 pp., vol. 4: 300 pp., vol.
5: 234 pp., vol. 6: 244 pp., 15x10 cm. With 73 hand-colored full-page engravings. In full leather bindings, in very good condition.
Atabey 205, Blackmer 301, Abbey 6, Colas 2724.

FAMOUS TRAVELOGUE LOADED WITH HISTORY AND CULTURE OF FRENCH ARCHITECT AND AUTHOR ANTOINE LAURENT CASTELLAN OF THE JOURNEY IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 19TH CENTURY STARTING FROM SOUTHERN GREECE EXTENDING TO AEGEAN ISLANS, DARDANELLS AND ISTANBUL… 72 HAND-COLORED ENGRAVINGS BY THE AUTHOR AND FAMOUS ENGRAVER OCTAVIEN DALVIMART…

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PHILIP BARKER WEBB - TOPOGRAPHIE DE LA TROADE ANCIENNE ET MODERNE

Editeur Gide, Paris, 1844. 191 pages, 24 x 16 cm. A total of 3 engravings, including 2 full-page and 1 folding, plus 1 folding map. In contemporary
full leather binding with raised bands and gilt lettering on the spine.

A RARE DOCUMENTARY SOURCE ON THE EFFECT OF THE GEOGRAPHY ON HISTORY, DRAWING ATTENTION TO THE NATURAL CHANGES OF THE REGION WHILE SHOWING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ANCIENT AND MODERN VIEWS OF TROY…

Estimate: 310 USD - 464 USD

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HARRY CHARLES LUKACH - THE FRINGE OF THE EAST

First edition. Macmillan and Co., London, 1913. 273 pp., 22x14 cm. 48 plates of photographs and 1 full page map. In its publisher’s decorative binding with gilded writing on the spine and a gilded tomb image on the cover, in very fine condition.

A TRAVELOGUE OF LUKACH, WRITER AND ALSO AN OFFICER OF BRITISH COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION, OF HIS JOURNEY TO ANATOLIA, SYRIA AND PALESTINE IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, WRITING IN DETAIL THE RICH HISTORICAL HERITAGE, PEOPLE, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL DYNAMICS OF THE REGIONS HE VISITED...

Estimate: 104 USD - 142 USD

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M. ANATOLE DE DEMIDOFF - VOYAGE DANS LA RUSSIE MERIDIONALE ET LA CRIMEE

Ernest Bourdin, Paris, 1854. 540 pages, 27.5 x 19 cm. A total of 62 engravings, including 30 full-page and 32 in-text (including the
title page), plus 2 full-page musical scores. Half leather spine with marbled paper-covered boards, in a hardcover binding. Atabey
337, Brunet II 583.

THE MULTICULTURAL FABRIC OF THE CRIMEAN PENINSULA IN THE MID‑19TH CENTURY, TATAR SETTLEMENTS, COMMERCIAL LIFE ALONG THE BLACK SEA COAST, AND THE INTERWOVEN LIVES OF MUSLIM AND ORTHODOX COMMUNITIES…

Estimate: 258 USD - 413 USD

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Lot: 22 » Rare Book

EDWIN MUNSELL BLISS - TURKEY AND THE ARMENIAN ATROCITIES

First edition. Edgewood Publishing Company. 1896. 574 p., 22x16.5 cm. Includes 47 full-page photographs, 1 colored map with missing folded section. In the publisher’s original green hardcover binding with decorative and illustrated cover.

THE EVENTS REFERRED TO AS THE “HAMIDIAN MASSACRES” BY THE ARMENIANS AND THE WESTERN POWERS FROM THE EYE OF AN AMERICAN MISSIONARY AT THE END OF 19TH CENTURY…

Estimate: 65 USD - 104 USD

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THE LURE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN; The Ship Dwellers: A Story of a Happy - ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE

Harper and Brothers Publishers, New York, 1921. 393 pp., 22x15 cm., 5 plates of full-page and 23 in-text illustrations, 7 plates of full-page photographs. In its publisher’s decorative blue cloth binding with an illustration on the cover.

FAMOUS AMERICAN AUTHOR ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE’S TRAVELOGUE OF HIS OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES DURING HIS MEDITERRANEAN JOURNEY, WHICH HE DREAMED FOR YEARS AND FINALLY ACHIEVED AT EARLY 20TH CENTURY…

Estimate: 78 USD - 104 USD

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Lot: 24 » Rare Book

ANTONIO MARIA GRAZIANI - HISTOIRE DE LA GUERRE DE CHYPRE

First French edition. Chez André Pralard, Paris, 1685. 414 pages, 27x20
cm. 1 full-page frontispiece engraving, 4 engraved chapter headpieces.
In contemporary full leathe binding with raised bands, gilt lettering and
decorative tooling on the spine. Atabey 523, Blackmer 726.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SOURCES ON THE HISTORY OF CYPRUS, DESCRIBING THE 1572 CONQUEST OF THE ISLAND THROUGH THE PEN OF ITALIAN CLERIC AND DIPLOMAT ANTONIO MARIA GRAZIANI…

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Lot: 25 » Rare Book

PAUL LENOIR - LE FAYOUM LE SINAI ET PETRA

First edition. Henri Plon, Paris, 1872. 332 pages, 18 x 12.5 cm. A total of 13 engravings: 10 full-page and 3
folding. In contemporary raised-band leather spine binding with gilt letering and marbled design.

THE WORK OF PAUL LENOIR, STUDENT OF THE FAMOUS ORIENTALIST PAINTER JEAN LEON GEROME, REGARDED AS A DISTINGUISHED EXAMPLE OF 19TH-CENTURY ORIENTALIST LITERATURE…

Estimate: 142 USD - 194 USD

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FRANÇOIS BARON DE TOTT - MEMOIRES DE BARON DE TOTT; SUR LES TURCS ET LES TARTARES

Four parts in two volumes. Amsterdam, 1784. 2 volumes; Vol. 1: 274 + 301 pages, Vol. 2: 252 + 208 + 130 pages, 20 x 13.5 cm.
Contemporary full leather bindings with raised bands, gilt titles and decorative tooling on the spines, in very good condition. Atabey
1227, Brunet 901.

BARON DE TOTT, A HUNGARIAN-BORN DIPLOMAT AND OFFICER WHO LIVED IN ISTANBUL FOR MANY YEARS AND LEARNED TURKISH, IS KNOWN FOR HIS ACTIVE ROLE IN THE 18TH CENTURY IN THE MILITARY REFORMS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, THE MODERNIZATION OF THE OTTOMAN NAVY, AND HIS INVOLVEMENT ON THE OTTOMAN SIDE DURING THE OTTOMAN-RUSSIAN WAR

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