Lot: 1
Current Price: 5,000 TL Starting Bid: 5,000 TL Estimated: TL Losing Winning
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
Lot No: 1
Lot: 1
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.
Lot No: 2
Lot: 2
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.
Lot No: 3
Lot: 3
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.
Lot No: 4
Lot: 4
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.
Lot No: 6
Lot: 6
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.
Lot No: 7
Lot: 7
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.
Lot No: 8
Lot: 8
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.
Lot No: 9
Lot: 9
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.
Lot No: 10
Lot: 10
PIERRE AUGUSTIN GUYS - VOYAGE LITTERARIE DE LA GRECE-Chez la Veuve Duchesne, Paris, 1783. 4 volumes: Vol. 1: 527 pp., Vol. 2: 378 pp., Vol. 3: 373 pp., Vol. 4: 238 pp., 20 x 13 cm. 10 engravings in total, 6 full-page and 4 folding. In contemporary full leather bindings with gilt-decorated and lettered spines, gilt-framed covers, and marbled page edges. Atabey 547, Blackmer 769, Weber 529.
Lot No: 11
Lot: 11
CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENT - CONSTANTINOPLE: THE CITY OF THE SULTANS-Estes and Lauriat Publishers, Boston, 1895. 309 p., 21x15 cm. 21 plate images preserved with tissue paper. In its publisher’s stylish decorative binding, with its spine and cover decorated with gilt, and printed with crescents, stars and pictures.
Lot No: 12
Lot: 12
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.
Lot No: 13
Lot: 13
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.
Lot No: 14
Lot: 14
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.
Lot No: 15
Lot: 15
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.
Lot No: 16
Lot: 16
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.
Lot No: 17
Lot: 17
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.
Lot No: 18
Lot: 18
ELIZABETH WORMELEY LATIMER - RUSSIA AND TURKEY IN THE 19TH CENTURY-A.C. McClurg, Chicago, 1895. 413 p., 21x13 cm. 23 full-page photogravures and maps. In its publisher’s original decorative cloth binding with emblem on the cover, in very fine condition.
Lot No: 19
Lot: 19
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.
Lot No: 20
Lot: 20
ROBERT WALSH (Gravürler; THOMAS ALLOM) - CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE SCENERY OF THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA MINOR-Two books bound in one volume. London, Fisher, Son & Co., 1836–38. Part 1: 84 pages; Part 2: 100 pages; 28 x 22 cm. Includes 95 hand-colored full-page steel-engraved plates, and 2 maps — one double-page and one full-page. Luxuriously bound in a morocco binding with gilt-tooled raised bands, gilt title and decorations on the leather spine, leather corners, covers decorated with gilt ornaments on red cloth, and marbled edges. Atabey 1316, Blackmer 1766, Weber 1150.
Lot No: 21
Lot: 21
BALTHAZAR HACQUET (Çeviri; JEAN BAPTISTE JOSEPH BRETON DE LA MARTINIERE) - L'ILLYRIE ET LA DALMATIE, OU MOEURS, USAGES ET COSTUMES DE LEURS HABITANS ET DE CEUX DES CONTREES VOISINES-Nepveu, Paris, 1815. 2 volumes; vol. 1 153 pages, vol. 2 171 pages, 13.5 x 8.5 cm. Includes 32 full-page color engravings. Bound in full contemporary leather with gilt-lettered and decorated spine, and gilt-ruled borders on the covers. Atabey 149.
Lot No: 22
Lot: 22
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.
Lot No: 23
Lot: 23
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.
Lot No: 24
Lot: 24
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.
Lot No: 25
Lot: 25
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.
Lot No: 26
Lot: 26
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.
Lot No: 27
Lot: 27
JEAN BAPTISTE JOSEPH BRETON DE LA MARTINIERE - L’EGYPTE ET LA SYRIE-First edition. A. Nepveu, Paris, 1814. 6 volumes; Vol. 1: 269 pages, Vol. 2: 226 pages, Vol. 3: 254 pages, Vol. 4: 206 pages, Vol. 5: 249 pages, Vol. 6: 269 pages. Size: 13.5 x 9 cm. A total of 84 engravings, 27 of which are fold-out. Contemporary full leather bindings with gilt decorative spines and titles, gilt borders on the covers. In excellent condition. Atabey 148, Blackmer 200, Ibrahim Hilmy 87, Brunet I 1226.
Lot No: 28
Lot: 28
M. MOUKHTAR PACHA - LA TURQUIE L’ALLAMAGNE ET L’EUROPE; Depuis le Traité de Berlin jusq’a la Guerre Mondiale-First edition. Berger-Levrault, Paris, 1924. 311 p., 23x14.5 cm. Plate of Mahmoud Moukhtar Pacha portrait in the front section. In its fully leather binding. The title page of the book is autographed and dedicated in Ottoman Turkish as “November 1925 -Mahmut Muhtar, who passed the 25 Law of Ikhlas to present to Refik Kadim and reverend Cavit Bey Efendi...
Lot No: 29
Lot: 29
MISS PARDOE - CITY OF THE SULTAN AND DOMESTIC MANNERS OF THE TURKS-First edition. Henry Colburn, London, 1837. 2 volumes; Vol. 1: 514 pages, Vol. 2: 500 pages, 23x15 cm. 10 full-page and 6 in-text engravings. Contemporary half leather binding with gilt titles and decorative spine, leather corners, and marbled boards. In very good condition. Atabey 921, Blackmer 1253, Weber 257.
Lot No: 30
Lot: 30
JEAN BAPTISTE TAVERNIER - LES SIX VOYAGES DE JEAN BAPTISTE TAVERNIER, EN TURQUIE, EN PERSE, ET AUX INDES-Following the edition printed in Paris, 1692. 3 volumes; Volume 1: 782 pages, Volume 2: 616 pages, Volume 3: 564 pages, 14.4 x 9 cm. Includes 2 folding maps and a total of 42 engravings—33 folding and 9 full-page. Luxuriously bound in full leather with giltdecorated spine and covers framed in gilt, gilt edges. Exceptionally rare and in magnificent condition. Atabey 1201, Blackmer 1631, Weber 277.
Lot No: 31
Lot: 31
EDWARD UPHAM - HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE FROM ITS ESTABLISHMENT TILL THE YEAR 1828-First edition. Constable & Co. and Hurst, Chance & Co., London, 1829. Two volumes; volume 1: 297 pages, volume 2: 390 pages, 16x10 cm. Includes one folding map and two title-page engravings. Bound in the original cloth binding of the period. Atabey 1260, Blackmer 1705.
Lot No: 32
Lot: 32
WILLIAM T. ADAMS - CROSS AND CRESCENT; or Young America In Turkey and Greece-Lee, Shepard and Dillingham, Boston, 1875. 347 pages, 17.5 x 12.5 cm. Includes 4 full-page engravings, including the title page. Publisher’s original green cloth binding with gilt title and decorative elements on the spine, in very good condition.
Lot No: 33
Lot: 33
FRANÇOIS PETIS DE LA CROIX - ETAT PRESENT DES NATIONS ET EGLISES GRECQUES, ARMENIENNE, ET MARONITE EN TURQUIE-First edition. Pierre Herissant, Paris, 1715. 266 pages, 15x8 cm. 1 frontispiece engraving. Entirely bound in parchment typical of the period. Blackmer 1297.
Lot No: 34
Lot: 34
CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH - GRECE PITTORESQUE ET HISTORIQUE-First edition. L. Curmer, Paris, 1841. 372 pp., 29 x 19.5 cm. 26 full-page and 366 in-text engravings, 2 full-page maps. In luxurious contemporary full leather binding with gilt-decorated and lettered spine, gilt-framed covers, and marbled page edges; in very good condition.
Lot No: 35
Lot: 35
WILLIAM ETON - A SURVEY OF THE TURKISH EMPIRE-First edition. T. Cadell and W. Davies, London, 1798. 516 pages, 22 x 24 cm. Contemporary binding with leather spine and marbled paper-covered boards. Atabey 409, Weber 789.
Lot No: 36
Lot: 36
JEAN BRINDESI - ELBICEI ATIKA MUSEE DES ANCIENS CONTUMES TURC DE CONSTANTINOPLE-First edition, Lemercier, Paris, 1855. 51 x 41.5 cm. 22 full-page large-format hand lithographs of Ottoman costumes in color. Bound in original luxurious full leather with gilt embossed and lettered front and back covers, in very good condition. Extremely rare in this condition and complete. Atabey 151, Blackmer 206, Colas 446.
Lot No: 37
Lot: 37
ROBERT CURZON - VISITS TO MONASTERIES OF THE LEVANT-Humphrey Milford, London, 1916. 423 pages, 17.5 x 12.5 cm. Includes 6 full-page engravings, 12 in-text engravings/drawings, 1 fold-out plan, and 2 full-page musical scores. Publisher’s original cloth binding with gilt title and decorative motifs on the spine, gilt-ruled borders on the cover, in hardcover. Atabey 301, Weber 415, Blackmer 436.
Lot No: 38
Lot: 38
GASTON DESCHAMPS - A CONSTANTINOPLE-First edition. Clamnn-Levy, Paris, 1913. 356 pages, 18.7 x 12 cm. Bound in contemporary raised spine leather with gilt lettering and decoration, marbled boards. Atabey 340.
Lot No: 39
Lot: 39
VOLNEY - CONSIDERATIONS SUR LA GUERRE ACTUELLE DES TURCS-London, 1788. 140 pages, 19.5 x 12 cm. Includes 1 folding map. Bound in leather spine with gilt decoration and lettering, marbled boards. Atabey 1304, Blackmer 1788.
Lot No: 40
Lot: 40
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. 25.5 x 20.5 cm, 2 volumes: Volume 1 with 453 pages, Volume 2 with 537 pages, 30 engravings; 23 full-page and 7 fold-out. Bound entirely in leather typical of the period, with ribbed spine, gilt lettering and decoration, gilt-edged covers. In very good condition for a 278-year-old book. Atabey 534, Weber 761, Blackmer 762.
Lot No: 41
Lot: 41
ALEXANDRE-LOUIS FELIX ALIX - PRECIS DE L’HISTOIRE DE L’EMPIRE OTTOMAN DEPUIS SON ORIGINE JUSQU’A NOS JOURS-Chez Firmin Didot, Paris, 1822–24. 3 volumes; Vol. 1: 412 pp., Vol. 2: 591 pp., Vol. 3: 653 pp., 21.5 x 14 cm. Includes 1 folding map. Handsomely rebound in full modern leather bindings, in very good condition. Atabey 13, Blackmer 20.
Lot No: 42
Lot: 42
ROBERT HICHENS - THE HOLY LAND-First edition. The Century Co., New York, 1910. 302 pages, 27 x 18.5 cm. A total of 60 full-page engravings, 18 of which are in color. In the publisher’s original decorative hardcover with illustrated dust jacket.
Lot No: 43
Lot: 43
ALPOHONSE DE BEAUCHAMP - VIE D’ALI PACHA VISIR DE JANINA-First edition. Villet, Libraire et Commissionnaire, Paris, 1822. 346 pages, 20.5 x 13 cm. Includes 1 full-page engraving. Bound in modern leather with ribbed spine. Atabey 78.
Lot No: 44
Lot: 44
GUILLAIME JOSEPH GRELOT - RELATION NOUVELLE D’UN VOYAGE DE CONSTANTINOPLE-Damien Foucault, Paris, 1681. 371 pages, 16 x 10 cm. 13 fold-out engravings. Fully bound in period leather with ribbed spine, gilt decorations and lettering, in very good condition. Atabey 527, Blackmer 750, Brunet II 1733, Weber 369.
Lot No: 45
Lot: 45
BARON DE BAZANCOURT - L’EXPEDITION DE CRIMEE-Librairie d’Amyot, Paris, 1858. 2 volumes; Vol. 1: 377 pages, Vol. 2: 498 pages, 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Includes 4 full-page engravings. Contemporary binding with leather spine and marbled paper-covered boards. Atabey 75.
Lot No: 46
Lot: 46
EDWARD MEAD EARLE - TURKEY THE GREAT POWERS AND THE BAGHDAD RAILWAY-The MacMillan Company, New York, 1924. 364 pages, 19.5 x 13.5 cm. 2 full-page maps. In the publisher’s original cloth binding.
Lot No: 47
Lot: 47
MARIE CHOPIN & CESAR FAMIN & EUGENE BORE - RUSSIE, LA FIN DE LA RUSSIE D’EUROPE, V COMPRIS LA CRIMEE, CESAR FAMIN - ET LES PROVINCES RUSSES EN ASIE, CIRCASSIE ET GEORGIE, ARMENIE-Firmin Didot Frères, Paris, 1838. 2 volumes; Vol. 1: 384 pages, Vol. 2: 288 (672–384) + 32 + 48 + 144 pages, 21.5 x 14 cm. 158 full-page engravings and 3 fold-out maps. Contemporary binding with leather-backed gilt-lettered spine and marbled covers, in very good condition.
Lot No: 48
Lot: 48
HENRY HOLLAND - TRAVELS IN THE IONIAN ISLES, ALBANIA, THESSALY, MACEDONIA-First edition. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London, 1815. 551 pages, 28 x 22 cm. With 10 full-page engravings and 1 full-page map. In contemporary full leather binding with gilt-lettered and decorated spine. Atabey 589, Blackmer 825, Weber 37.
Lot No: 49
Lot: 49
STEPHEN OLIN - GREECE AND THE GOLDEN HORN-New York, Derby and Jackson, 1854. 323 pp. With 4 full-page engravings and 1 full-page map. Publisher’s decorative cloth binding with gilt title on spine and embossed covers. Blackmer 1219.
Lot No: 50
Lot: 50
AUGUSTUS WARNER WILLIAMS & M. SMBAT GABRIEL - BLEEDING ARMENIA-Publishers’ Union, 1896. 502 pp., 20 x 14.5 cm. 31 full-page drawings and 2 maps. Illustrated cover, in publisher’s original decorative cloth binding.
Lot No: 51
Lot: 51
THOMAS THORNTON - THE PRESENT STATE OF TURKEY OR A DESCRIPTION OF THE POLITICAL, CIVIL, CONSTITUTION, GOVERNMENT AND LAWS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE-Joseph Mawman, London, 1809. 2 volumes: Vol. 1: 304 pp., Vol. 2: 428 pp., 22 x 14 cm. 2 folding maps. Contemporary bindings with leather spines, gilt lettering and decoration, leather corners, and marbled boards; the spines have been professionally restored. Atabey 1219, Blackmer 1655.
Lot No: 52
Lot: 52
LUIGI MAYER - VIEWS IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, CHIEFLY IN CARAMANIA; A Part of Asia Minor Hitherto Unexplored-First edition. R. Bowyer, London, 1803. 37 pages, 47 x 33 cm. 23 full-page color engravings. Bound in contemporary full leather with raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration on the spine, and gilt-bordered covers, in a luxurious binding. From the Mica-Ahmet Ertegün Library. Atabey 787, Blackmer 1098, Colas 2021, Abbey 369.
Lot No: 53
Lot: 53
LUIGI MAYER - SELECTION OF PLATES FROM VIEWS IN THE OTTOMAN DOMINIONS-R. Bowyer, London, 1810. 31 x 46 cm. A total of 40 hand-colored engravings, 1 of which is fold-out. In a magnificent contemporary full leather binding with gilt decorations.
Lot No: 54
Lot: 54
LEONARA NAVARI - THE BLACKMER COLLECTION-Maggs Bros Ltd., London, 1989. 446 pages, 34.5x24. 16 plates with color illustrations. In the publisher’s original cloth binding, spine repaired. Limited edition of 300 copies.
Lot No: 55
Lot: 55
CHARLES BARTHELEMY - HISTOIRE DE TURQUIE; Depuis Les Temps Plus Recules Jusqu’a Nos Jours-Ad Mame et Fils, Printers-Booksellers, 1859. 405 pages, 22x14 cm, protected with perul papers, 4 engraved plates. Spine decorated and gilded, bound in full pandozit hardcover, in very good condition. Atabey 66, Blackmer 82.
Lot No: 56
Lot: 56
TYRAC DE MARCELLUS - EPISODES LITERAIRES EN ORIENT-Jacques Lecoffre et Cie Editeurs, Paris, 1851. 2 volumes; Vol. 1: 414 pages, Vol. 2: 470 pages, 23 x 14.5 cm. Includes 1 in-text musical notation page. Bound in modern full leather with raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration on the spine.
Lot No: 57
Lot: 57
ELIOT WARBURTON - THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS; ROMANCE AND REALITIES OF EASTERN TRAVEL-Wiley and Putnam, New York, 1845. 2 volumes; Vol. 1: 248 pages, Vol. 2: 242 pages, 19x12 cm. Contemporary gilt-titled leather spine, marbled boards, bound in decorative hardcovers with marbled design, in very good condition. Blackmer 771.
Lot No: 58
Lot: 58
EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE - TRAVELS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES OF EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA-R. Watts for T. Cadell and W. Davies, London, 1816–24. 11 volumes; vol. 1: 533 pp., vol. 2: 524 pp., vol. 3: 453 pp., vol. 4: 43 pp., vol. 5: 460 pp., vol. 6: 647 pp., vol. 7: 481 pp., vol. 8: 482 pp., vol. 9: 571 pp., vol. 10: 580 pp., vol. 11: 492 pp., 22x15 cm. Numerous full-page and in-text engravings, folding maps and plans. Contemporary marbled boards with leather corners and gilt-lettered spines Atabey 254, Blackmer 365.
Lot No: 59
Lot: 59
WILLIAM HENRY DAVENPORT ADAMS - THE MEDITERRANEAN ILLUSTRATED-First edition. T. Nelson and Sons, London, 1880. 373 pages, 32.5 x 25.5 cm. A total of 146 engravings: 29 full-page and 117 in-text, plus 1 full-page color map. In the publisher’s decorative cloth binding.
Lot No: 60
Lot: 60
AUGIER GHISELIN DE BUSBECQ - A. GISLENII BUSBECQVII OMNIA QUAE EXTANT cum PRIVILEGIO-First collected edition. Officina Elzeviriana Lugdunum Batavorum, 1633. 585 pages, 11.5 x 6 cm. Bound entirely in period leather, in very good condition. Atabey 172, Blackmer 251, Brunet I 1417.
Lot No: 61
Lot: 61
JEAN BAPTISTE LECHEVALIER - VOYAGE DE LA PROPONTIDE ET DU PONTE-EUXIN-First edition. Dentu, Paris, 1800. 2 volumes; Vol. 1: 168 pp., Vol. 2: 248 pp. (169–416), 20x13 cm. Includes 6 folding maps. In period full leather luxury binding with gilt-decorated spine and gilt-bordered covers, in excellent condition. Atabey 697, Blackmer 995, Weber 649.
Lot No: 62
Lot: 62
GEORGE BRACKENBURY - THE CAMPAIGN IN THE CRIMEA-First Edition. Paul and Dominic Colnaghi, London, 1855. 128 pages, 25x18 cm. 40 full-page color engravings. Gilt edges, in the publisher’s decorative deluxe binding with gilt lettering, illustrations, and ornate design. Atabey 146, Abbey 237.
Lot No: 63
Lot: 63
MELEK HANUM - THIRTY YEARS IN THE HAREM: Or, The Autobiography of Melek-Hanum Wife of H. H. Kibrizli Mehmet Pasha-E. Dentu, Paris, 1875. 427 pages, 23 x 14.5 cm. 1 full-page engraving. Bound in marbled covers with raised bands, gilt lettering and decorative writing on the spine.
Lot No: 64
Lot: 64
AUGUST LOCHER - WITH STAR AND CRESCENT-First edition. Philadelphia, Aetna Publishing Co., 1889. 634 pp., 20.5 x 13.5 cm. Illustrated with 15 full-page engravings. Publisher’s original decorative cloth binding with gilt crescent-and-star motif on spine and embossed cover featuring an illustration of a man smoking a hookah.
Lot No: 65
Lot: 65
JEAN JACQUES BARTHELEMY - VOYAGE DU JEUNE ANACHARSIS EN GRECE-Chez Etienne Ledoux, 1821. 7 volumes and 1 atlas. Vol. 1: 354 pp., Vol. 2: 506 pp., Vol. 3: 482 pp., Vol. 4: 488 pp., Vol. 5: 479 pp., Vol. 6: 436 pp., Vol. 7: 448 pp. Vol. 8: Atlas. 21 x 13 cm; atlas: 20 x 26.5 cm. 11 full-page engravings and a total of 27 maps and plans, 1 of which is folding. In luxurious contemporary full leather bindings with gilt-lettered and decorated spines. Atabey 67, Blackmer 386.
Lot No: 66
Lot: 66
GAUILLAIME ANTOINE OLIVIER - VOYAGE DANS L’EMPIRE OTHOMAN, L’EGYPTE ET LA PERSE-6 Volumes and 1 Atlas. H. Agasse, Paris, 1801–07. Volume 1: 392 pp., Volume 2: 377 pp., Volume 3: 359 pp., Volume 4: 456 pp., Volume 5: 485 pp., Volume 6: 522 pp., 22 x 14 cm; Atlas: 34 x 25.5 cm. 31 full-page engravings, and a total of 18 maps — 7 folding, 2 double-page, and 9 full-page. In contemporary gilt-lettered leather bindings with raised bands and marbled boards; the spine of the atlas has been professionally restored. A complete set, overall in very good condition. Atabey 887, Blackmer 1220, Weber 620.
Lot No: 67
Lot: 67
CHARLES LAROCHE - LA CRETE ANCIENNE ET MODERNE-L. Henry May, Paris, 1897. 312 pages, 19 x 12 cm. A total of 48 illustrations: 16 full-page, 32 in-text engravings/drawings/photographs, and 3 maps (2 double-page and 1 full-page). In contemporary marbled boards binding; spine professionally restored; overall in very good condition.
Lot No: 68
Lot: 68
ROBERT CURZON - ARMENIA: A YEAR AT ERZEROOM-John Murray, London, 1854. 253 pages, 19 x 13 cm. 5 full-page engravings, 2 in-text engravings including the title page, and 1 full-page map. Elegantly bound in period style with a ribbed and gilt-lettered leather spine, marbled boards and edges.
Lot No: 69
Lot: 69
GESANGBUCH FÜR DIE EVANGELISCHE KIRCHE IN WÜRTTEMBERG-Verlags Comptoir, Stuttgart, 1887. 528+168 pages, 15x10 cm. 1 full-page engraving. Bound in blue velvet with silver inlay motifs, marbled page edges, and metal clasps.
Lot No: 70
Lot: 70
GEORGE WHELER - VOYAGE DE DALMATIE, DE GRECE ET DU LEVANT-Jean Wolters, Amsterdam, 1689. 2 volumes; Vol. 1: 301 pages, Vol. 2: 300 pages, 16 x 10 cm. 79 full-page engravings and 1 folding map. Bound in contemporary full leather with raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration on the spine, in very good condition. References: Atabey 1329, Blackmer 1787, Weber 413.
Lot No: 71
Lot: 71
WILLIAM WITTMAN - TRAVELS IN TURKEY, ASIA MINOR, SYRIA AND ACCCROSS THE DESERT INTO EGYPT-Richard Phillips, London, 1803. 595 pages, 26 x 21 cm. A total of 21 full-page engravings, 16 of which are hand-colored, along with 2 folding maps and 1 folding firman. In its contemporary binding with gilt-lettered and decorated leather spine, leather corners, and marbled boards; in very good condition. Atabey 1344, Blackmer 1832, Weber 647.
Lot No: 72
Lot: 72
WILLIAM HENRY DAVENPORT ADAMS - THE WARRIORS OF THE CRESENT-London, Hutchinson & Co, 1893. 317 pp., 19.5 x 13 cm. With 4 full-page photogravures. Publisher’s original decorative cloth binding with pictorial cover.
Lot No: 73
Lot: 73
MARCEL MONMARCHE (Ed.) - LES GUIDES BLEUS; DE PARIS A CONSTANTINOPLE-Librairie Hachette, Paris, 1914. 464 p., 16x10.5 cm. Mostly in colot, folded or in-text 14 maps, 35 plans, 7 drawings, 1 folded panorama of Istanbul and 2 folded maps in pocket. In its publisher’s original blue cloth binding.
Lot No: 74
Lot: 74
GUILLELMUS DURANTI - RATIONALE DIVINORUM OFFICIORUM-Johannes & Albertinus Rubeus Vercellensis, Venice, 1499. 276 pages, 29.5 x 20.5 cm. In a likely 18th- or 19th-century printed sheepskin binding.
Lot No: 75
Lot: 75
HARTMANN SCHEDEL’İN İSTANBUL GÖRÜNÜMÜ GRAVÜRÜ-Anton Koberger Nürenberg, 1493. 40x30 cm.
Lot No: 76
Lot: 76
CORNELIUS DE BRUYN; A VOYAGE TO THE LEVANT: OR, TRAVELS IN THE PRINCIPAL PARTS OF ASIA MINOR, THE ISLAND OF SCIO, RHODES, CYPRUS &C 1 ADET YENİÇERİ GRAVÜRÜ-Jacob Tonson and Thomas Bennet, 1702, LONDON. 34.5x22.5 cm