Dodwell (Edward) Views in Greece, first edition, ordinary format, aquatint vignette to title, 30 hand-coloured aquatints mounted on linen stubs, plate guards, text in English and French, faint off-setting, small marginal loss to early blank and one or two plate guards with expert tissue repairs, near contemporary crushed half morocco, neat repairs to joints and spine extremities, a little rubbed, [Abbey Travel 130; Atabey 357; Blackmer 493], folio, Rodwell and Martin, 1821. *** One of the most famous colour-plate books on Greece, and an essential part of any library of Greek monuments and topography. "These plates were intended to illustrate Dodwell's Tour through Greece, 1819 but the cost of production proved prohibitive, so 30 plates were chosen to appear separately." (Blackmer)
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Mayer (Luigi) Views in the Ottoman Empire, chiefly in Caramania, first edition, text in English and French, 24 hand-coloured aquatints, one with minor creasing to corner, faint off-setting, cracked hinges, later cloth, rebacked, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Atabey 787; Blackmer 1098], folio, 1803. *** 'The plates in Mayer's Caramania were not reprinted in any other of his works, including Watts's edition. These plates, however, were used by Josiah Spode for a set of blue and white transfer ware pottery known under the name, 'Caramania'. (Blackmer)
Mayer (Luigi) Views in the Ottoman Dominions in Europe in Asia, and some of The Mediterranean Islands, first collected edition, 71 hand-coloured aquatints, of which one folding, hole to half-title with neat repair, occasional light marginal finger-soiling, scattered spotting, modern half-calf, [Abbey Travel 371; Atabey 789], folio, 1810. *** Completing Bowyer's series of Mayer's views of the Ottoman Empire, including the fine folding panorama of Constantinople and scenes of Turkey, Thrace, Syria, Palestine, Sicily, Gozo & the Lipari Islands, Libya, Samos and Ephesus.
Chishull (Edmund) Travels in Turkey and back to England, first edition, ?one of 25 large paper copies, list of subscribers, ex-library with neat ink-stamp to title verso and 3C2 verso, occasional faint marginal spotting, near contemporary half-calf, rebacked, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Atabey 240; Blackmer 341], folio, by W. Bowyer, 1747. *** "According to Maslin one thousand copies were printed, with the imprint 'W. Bowyer' indicating large paper copies, of which only 25 were printed. Ordinary copies bear the imprint 'William Bowyer'." (Atabey)
Porter (Sir Robert Ker) Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, Ancient Babylonia, &c. &c., 2 vol., first edition, lithograph frontispieces, 2 large folding maps, one with short split to foldline, 88 engraved or lithographed plates and maps, of which 5 hand-coloured and 19 folding or double-page, vol. 2 lacking half-title and advertisement, occasional faint off-setting, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink-stamp to titles, bookplate, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, bumping to corners, [Atabey 976], 4to, 1821-22. *** "This very interesting work describes travels through Russia and the Caucasus to Persia, returning by way of Asia Minor to Constantinople, Thrace, the Balcan and Bucharest." (Atabey)
Petis de la Croix (François) Memoires du Sieur de la Croix, 2 vol., first edition, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, previous owner's ink signature to titles, booksellers catalogue clipping pasted to vol. 1 early blank, S4 vol. 2 with small hole just touching text, later calf, richly gilt spine, vol. 2 with small loss to upper cover, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, small 8vo, Paris, Claude Barbin, 1684.
Hamilton (William John) Researches in Asia Minor, Pontus, and Armenia, 2 vol., first edition, half-title to vol. 2 only, 12 lithographs, 2 folding maps, 4 folding sheets of inscription, illustrations, vol. 2 bound without advertisements, bookplate, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Atabey 552; Blackmer 779], 8vo, 1842. *** Hamilton was a geologist who travelled in the Levant from 1835 to 1837. He served as president of both the Geological Society and the Royal Geographical Society.
Werner (Carl) Nile-Sketches ... with accompanying text by Dr. A. E., Brehm and Dr. Johannes Dümichen, first edition, half-title, lithograph frontispiece in blue and red, title in red and black, 24 colour lithographs, captioned tissue-guards, scattered faint spotting, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary decorative cloth, lightly sunned spine, small hole to upper joint but holding firm, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Blackmer 1947], folio, [1871-75].
Herbelot (Barthelemy d') Bibliotheque Orientale, ou Dictionnaire Universel ..., 2 vol., vol. 1 second edition, supplement first edition, half-titles, titles in red and black, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, 3 folding tables, occasional pencil underlining, scattered faint spotting, contemporary calf, supplement with cracked upper hinge, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Atabey 572 & 573], folio, Maastricht, 1776-80.
![[Roger (Eugene)] La Terre Saincte; ou Description Topographique, first edition, engraved folding map, engraved illustrations,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/12fcff46-04a2-4142-8bc1-b21201149ccc/b2bf7858-7c9f-4460-b565-b212011c5067/468x382.jpg)
[Roger (Eugene)] La Terre Saincte; ou Description Topographique, first edition, engraved folding map, engraved illustrations, ã3 with tear and old repair affecting text, lacking ã1 (?blank) and 3N1 (f. of Index), several ff. with marginal tears and old repairs, tender fore-edges, spotting and staining, some signatures beginning to work loose, cracked hinges, near contemporary calf, later spine label, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, Paris, Antoine Bertier, 1646.
La Chappelle (George) Recuel de Divers Portraits des Principales Dames de la Porte du Grand Turc, first edition, engraved title and 12 plates, title trimmed at foot with expert restoration, some splits at gutter with expert restoration, one plate with tear into image and expert repair, one or two ff. with small loss to fore-edges and expert restoration, bookplate, twentieth-century calf, a little rubbed, [Atabey 648; cf.Blackmer 936], small folio, Paris, Antoine Estienne and Le Blond, 1648. *** Rare. The last copy that we can find at auction was at Christies in 1967."The first edition appeared in two issues, one with the imprint of Antoine Estienne only: in that issue the small cartouche at the foot of the engraved title is empty; the other issue contains the imprint of Estienne but also that of Le Blond in the small cartouche." (Blackmer)It is rare to find such detailed and exquisite depictions of female costume of the Levant, particularly from this period.
Head (Captain C. F.) Eastern and Egyptian Scenery, Ruins, &c., first edition, ordinary format, lithograph vignette title, loss to right side affecting text with neat restoration, 22 lithograph plates, 2 folding maps only (of 3), one hand-coloured, marginal loss and fraying to first few plates and ff. with neat tissue repairs and fore-edges strengthened, lacking front free endpaper, original morocco backed printed boards, rebacked, rubbed and worn, [Blackmer 799], oblong folio, 1833.
Lucas (Paul) Voyage du Sieur Paul Lucas au Levant, 2 vol., first edition, woodcut device to titles, 10 engraved plates, of which 3 folding, one folding engraved map, engraved initials and headpieces, 2H6 vol. 1 with split at gutter just touching text, N4 & 2H1 vol. 2 with splits at fore-edge just touching text, 2H4 & 2H8 vol. 2 with tears through text with no loss, scattered spotting and staining, contemporary calf, gilt arms to boards, cracked hinges, vol. 1 with loss to upper cover, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Blackmer 1036], 12mo, Paris, Guillaume Vandive, 1704.
Buckingham (James Silk) Travels in Palestine, through the Countries of Bashan and Gilead, first edition, inscribed by author, engraved portrait frontispiece, 7 engraved plates and plans, engraved illustrations, one folding map, split at foldline with old repair verso, marginal water-staining at beginning, spotting, abrasion mark to front pastedown where label removed, cracked hinges, contemporary half-calf, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, small loss to spine extremities, 4to, 1821. *** Inscribed, "To Mrs. Elizabeth Jennings, as a token of affectionate remembrance, from her dutiful Son in Law. J. S. Buckingham".
Texier (Charles) & R. Popplewell Pullan. Byzantine Architecture, first English edition, half-title, additional chromolithograph title, 68 lithographs (tinted or chromolithographs), of which 2 double-page, tissue-guards, illustrations, fore-edge tear to additional and letterpress titles, one or two ff. misbound, ex-library with bookplate, perforated stamp to title and occasional ink-stamps, twentieth-century cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Blackmer 1647], folio, 1864.
Michaud (Joseph-François) & Jean J. F. Poujoulat. Correspondence D'Orient 1830-1831, 7 vol., first edition, half-titles, large folding map with routes coloured by hand, bookplate, spotting, contemporary half-calf, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Blackmer 1122], 8vo, Paris, 1833-35.
Le Bruyn (Cornelius) Travels into Muscovy, Persia, and part of the East-Indies, 2 vol., first English edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 double-page engraved maps, 114 engraved plates, many double-page or folding, several reinforced at foldlines, numerous engraved illustrations, water-staining to bottom corners, mostly affecting blank margins, scattered faint spotting, bookplate to vol. 2 only, abrasion mark to vol. 1 front pastedown where label removed, contemporary calf, rebacked, bumping to corners and extremities, folio, for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch ..., 1737. *** A good copy of this profusely-illustrated classic work, which includes superb panoramas of various towns and cities, with that of Moscow extending to almost 2 metres.
Pallas (Peter Simon) Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, in the years 1793 and 1794, 2 vol., second edition, half-title to vol. 2 only (as called for), 52 aquatint or engraved plates and plans, of which 45 hand-coloured and 26 folding, 3 engraved folding maps, engraved vignettes, of which most hand-coloured, tissue-guards, occasional off-setting, scattered spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [cf. Abbey, Travel 222, first edition of 1802-3], 4to, 1812.
Drummond (Alexander) Travels through different Cities of Germany, Italy, Greece, and several parts of Asia, first edition, folding engraved frontispiece, 33 engraved plates and maps, only (of 34), many folding, occasional faint spotting, 3L2 & 3M1 with tear into text and neat repair, ex-Kansas City public library with ink-stamp, twentieth-century crushed morocco, light rubbing to joints but holding firm, [Atabey 363], folio, by W. Strahan, 1754. *** "First edition of this important work which displays an intimate knowledge of Cyprus." (Atabey)
Willyams (Cooper) A Selection of Views in Egypt, Palestine, Rhodes, Italy, Minorca, and Gibraltar, second edition, 36 hand-coloured aquatints, text in English and French, occasional faint off-setting, scattered faint spotting, one or two short marginal tears to first plate, cracked hinges, contemporary half crushed morocco, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Blackmer 1814], folio, 1822.
Wheler (George) A Journey into Greece ... in company of Dr Spon of Lyons, first edition, 3 engraved illustrations on one f., 4 engraved plates of coins, engraved illustrations, lacking engraved map, previous owner's faint pencil note to title, 2T2 with short marginal tear, 2X2 with small marginal loss, scattered faint spotting, modern crushed morocco, lightly sunned spine, [Atabey 1328; Blackmer 1786], folio, for William Cademan, Robert Kettlewell, and Awnsham Churchill, 1682.
Brindesi (Jean) Souvenirs de Constantinople, first edition, tinted lithograph title finished by hand, 20 chromolithographs, light cockling to sheets, light marginal finger-soiling, housed in modern dropback box, original cloth trimmed and pasted to lid, [Atabey 152; Blackmer 207], oblong folio, [Paris], [1855-60]. *** Blackmer notes that nothing is really known about Brindesi beyond this publication. Whilst Atabey notes, 'According to Colas this work should have a lithographed title and 21 plates, but all copies seen thus far have contained only 20 plates.'
Hay (Robert) Illustrations of Cairo, first edition, additional lithograph title, lithograph dedication, 29 tinted lithographs, plate-guards, scattered spotting (mostly marginal), contemporary morocco backed boards, title in gilt to upper cover, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Abbey Travel 270; Atabey 566; Blackmer 794], folio, 1840.
Dapper (Olfert) Description exacte des Isles de l'Archipel, et de quelques autres adjacentes; dont les principales sont Chypre, Rhodes, Candie, Samos, Chio ..., first French edition, half-title, additional engraved title, 34 engraved maps and plates, of which 18 folding or double-page, 2 with short tears and old repairs verso, engraved illustrations throughout, title in red and black, occasional faint water-staining, scattered light marginal finger-soiling, contemporary calf, gilt spine, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, cracked upper hinge but holding firm, [Blackmer 453], folio, Amsterdam, George Gallet, 1703. *** The first edition appeared in Dutch at Amsterdam in 1688.
![Cassas (Louis François) [Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palæstube et de la Basse-Égypte], 3 vol., fir](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/12fcff46-04a2-4142-8bc1-b21201149ccc/26f316eb-e99d-4de7-93b0-b212011951b0/468x382.jpg)
Cassas (Louis François) [Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palæstube et de la Basse-Égypte], 3 vol., first edition, without titles as issued, 180 engraved plates, of which 28 double-page or folding, 2 plates with neat strengthening to foldlines, one with small hole and neat repair to margin, some plates captioned in pencil, with contents ff. only, lacking all other text (as often), occasional light spotting, modern crushed morocco backed boards, [Atabey 201; Blackmer 295], folio, [Paris], [1799]. *** Originally published in parts, only thirty livraisons of plates were published with much of the accompanying text and the titles never apparently printed. "The number of plates varies, but around 180 is standard. The British Library and the Gennadius Library have 180 plates, the Blackmer copy had 178 plates." (Atabey) "Cassas accompanied Choiseul-Gouffier on his embassy to Constantinople in 1784 but remained there only a few weeks. From the end of 1784 to 1787 he travelled in the Levant, more especially the Archipelago, Egypt and Syria, at Choiseul-Gouffier's expense, making numerous drawings, more than 300, which he wished to have engraved, also as Choiseul-Gouffier's expense." (Blackmer)
*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Cantemir (Demetrius) The History of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire, 2 parts in 1 vol., first English edition, mezzotint portrait frontispiece, 22 engraved plates, one folding map, list of subscribers, occasional faint marginal dust-soiling, occasional marginal pencil note, ex-Leyton public libraries with label and ink-stamps as usual, one or two to plates (not affecting image), faint abrasion mark to front free endpaper where label removed, later calf, rebacked, rubbed, cracked joints but holding firm, bumping to corners and extremities, [Atabey 190; Blackmer 281], folio, for James, John, and Paul Knapton, 1734. *** Atabey says of Cantemir, "His history was considered authoritative, and it was only superseded by von Hammer's monumental history of the Ottoman Empire."
Thévenot (Jean de) The Travels of Monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant, 3 parts in 1 vol., first edition, second issue, engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 plates, small tear into frontispiece affecting image, with small loss, (i)2 pasted to title verso, previous owner's ink signature to early blank and title, (a)1 with loss at gutter and old repair just touching text, (b)1 & 2 detached and loosely inserted, K2 with old marginal repair, worming at gutter touching odd letter, odd marginal spot, occasional staining, lacking 3I4, twentieth-century calf, sunned spine, slight bumping to spine extremities, [Atabey 1217], folio, H. Clark, for J. Faithorne, J. Adamson, C. Skegnes, and T. Newborough, 1687.
Neale (Adam) Travels through some parts of Germany, Poland, Moldavia, and Turkey, first edition, 11 hand-coloured aquatints, ex-Grimsby Public Library with occasional marginal ink-stamps, occasional faint off0setting, new endpapers, contemporary boards, rebacked, modern printed label to upper cover, a little rubbed, bumping to corners, [Abbey Travel 19; Atabey 859; Blackmer 1186], 4to, 1818.
Petis de la Croix (François) Histoire du Grand Genghizcan Premier Empereur des Anciens Mogols et Tartares, first edition, folding engraved map, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink-stamp to front-free endpaper and title verso, small ink stain to edges, contemporary calf, cracked upper joint but holding firm, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Atabey 946], 12mo, Paris, 1710.
Tavernier (Jean Baptiste) Collections of Travels through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies, 2 vol. bound as 1, first collected edition, 28 engraved plates, some double-sided, 2 folding engraved maps, one with splits to foldlines and neat old repairs to verso, engraved illustrations, odd tiny rust-hole affecting odd letter, *V3 with hole affecting odd word, scattered spotting and water-staining, twentieth-century cloth, [Blackmer 1632], small folio, for Moses Pitt, 1684. *** This work is complete, however some of the later parts are bound in a different order to the copy in Blackmer.
Wilkie (Sir David) Sketches in Turkey, Syria & Egypt, 1840 & 1841, first edition, lithograph title, dedication leaf, 25 tinted lithographs, plate-guards, heavy spotting to title, dedication and first 3 plates, bookplate, cracked upper hinge, becoming loose, contemporary half morocco, backstrip with short split to upper joint, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Abbey Travel 379; Atabey 1334; Blackmer 1796], folio, 1843.
Cantemir (Demetrius) Histoire de l'Empire Othoman, 2 vol., first edition in French, half-titles printed in red, titles in red and black, engraved initials and headpieces, previous owner's ink-stamp to titles and A2, vol., scattered faint spotting, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Atabey 191], 4to, Paris, Nyon pere, 1743.
Addison (Charles Greenstreet) Damascus and Palmyra: a journey to the East, 2 vol., first edition, 10 hand-coloured lithographs, bound without half-titles, scattered faint spotting, ex-University of Minnesota Library with usual labels and blind-stamp to titles, abrasion marks to final free endpapers where label removed, vol. 1 upper hinge strengthened, contemporary red calf, gilt, g.e., lacking spine labels, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Atabey 9], 8vo, 1838. *** "The plates are after drawings by William Thackeray, lithographed by G.E. Madeley... Thackeray, who had studied art in Paris, also visited the East and in 1846 produced, anonymously, 'Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Cairo', with his own drawings." (Atabey)
Turner (William) Journal of a Tour in the Levant, 3 vol., first edition, 21 engraved or aquatint plates only (of 22), of which 6 hand-coloured and 2 folding, one folding facsimile, 2 folding engraved maps, scattered spotting, occasional off-setting, modern half morocco, retaining contemporary red calf spine labels, [Blackmer 1687], 8vo, 1820.
Bartholdy (Jakob Ludwig Salomon) Voyage en Grèce dait dans les années 1803 et 1804, 2 vol., first French edition, half-titles, 14 engraved plates, of which 10 hand-coloured, 2 folding plates of music, one large folding map, scattered very faint spotting, contemporary boards, lightly sunned spine, titles in manuscript to spines, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Blackmer 87], 8vo, 1807. *** "The Prussian diplomat Bartholdy was the first important German to travel in Greece after Riedesel. He later became Prussian consul-general in Rome, where he spent the remainder of his life." (Blackmer)
Senior (Nassau William) A Journal kept in Turkey and Greece, first edition, half-title, folding map frontispiece and one folding map, 2 lithographs in colour, previous owner's blind-stamp to title and front free endpaper, bookplate, contemporary half morocco, cracked joints but holding firm, a little rubbed, [Blackmer 1525], 8vo, 1859.
Blackwood (Lady Alicia) Scutari, The Bosphorus and Crimea, 2 vol., first edition, tinted lithograph titles and 19 tinted lithographs, of which 5 folding, vol. 1 lithograph title with small loss and marginal tear to top edge, vol. 2 with stain and hole to lithograph title, spotting and staining, original cloth-backed printed wrappers, vol. 1 wrapper with loss to top edge, vol. 2 wrapper with marginal loss, staining and 3 holes, rubbed and worn, housed in modern dropback box, folio, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, 1857.
Arvieux (Laurent d') Travels in Arabia, the Desart, first English edition, engraved frontispiece, 4 engraved plates, wood engraved initials and headpieces, scattered faint spotting, near contemporary calf, a little rubbed, upper cover detached, 12mo, for B. Barker and C. King, 1718. *** A good copy of this rare first English edition by the polyglottal French diplomat Laurent d'Arvieux, with much information on customs, food, clothing, marriage, hospitality, law, trades, horses, medicine etc.
Forbin (Louis) Voyage dans le Levant, first edition, one of 325 copies, half-title, 80 plates, of which 70 lithographs, 8 aquatints and 2 engraved, 3 plates with short marginal tears or loss and neat tissue repairs, occasional faint marginal water-staining, scattered faint spotting, heavier to front endpapers, contemporary calf-backed boards, vellum corners, lacking ties, red calf label lettered in gilt to upper cover, rubbed, expert repairs to spine ends and joints, [Atabey 447; Blackmer 614], large folio, Paris, 1819. *** A scarce first edition that according to Brunet was limited to only 325 copies. A second edition also appeared in the same year, accompanied by an 8vo text volume. "Forbin's was one of the first important French books to use lithography on a grand scale, and the standard of production is equal to that of Napoleon's Description de l'Egypte or Denon's Voyage." (Blackmer)
Johnston (Robert) Travels through part of the Russian Empire and the Country of Poland, first edition, half-title, 20 hand-coloured plates, one engraved plate, 2 engraved maps, illustrations, off-setting, scattered spotting, lacking final free endpaper, cracked hinges, contemporary half roan, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, 1815.
Le Bruyn (Cornelius) Voyage au Levant, first French edition, additional engraved title, engraved portrait, folding engraved map, 97 engraved plates, many folding, one with small marginal loss not affecting image, engraved illustrations, woodcut initials and headpieces, large tear and loss to title with neat repair and restoration, faint off-setting, scattered spotting, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [cf.Atabey 159, 160 (other editions); cf.Blackmer 225 (1714 edition)], folio, Delft, Henri de Kroonevelt, 1700. *** The first French edition of this classic on Middle Eastern travel. The first English edition was published later in 1702. "Bruyn, painter and traveller, left Holland for Italy in 1674. In 1678 he went on to Smyrna and travelled in the Levant for some years until his return to Italy in 1685 where he settled in Venice for 8 years. He returned to Holland in 1693. The very interesting plates in this work are almost all after designs by de Bruyn, who specialized in landscapes and interiors." (Blackmer)
Goupil-Fesquet (Frederic Auguste Antoine) Voyage d'Horace Vernet en Orient, first edition, half-title, hand-coloured frontispiece and 15 hand-coloured plates, scattered spotting, later half-calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Blackmer 718], large 8vo, Paris, [1843].
Tobin (Catherine) Shadows of the East; or Slight Sketches of Scenery, Persons, and Customs, first edition, 17 tinted lithographs, 3 double-page maps, plate-guards, small abrasion mark to title, scattered spotting, occasional marginal water-staining, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, cracked joints, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, 1855.
Motraye (A. de la) Travels through Europe, Asia, and into Part of Africa, 3 vol., vol. 1 & 2 first edition, 57 engraved plates and maps only, of which 29 double-page, engraved initials, head- and tail-pieces, vol. 2 with list of subscribers, vol. 1 2N2 with tiny rust-hole affecting odd letter, vol. 2 2T1 with small marginal loss to top edge, scattered spotting, occasional water-staining, odd small marginal paper defect, cracked hinges, contemporary calf, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, folio, for the Author, 1723-32. *** Provenance: Bookplates of Robert Coleman Hall Brock and John Paul Brock. Vol. 2 and 3 with additional bookplates of George Arnold. Including plates by William Hogarth. The amount of plates and maps in the three volumes appears to vary from copy to copy.
Hill (Aaron) A Full and Just Account of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire in all its Branches, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 7 engraved plates, each with explanatory leaf, list of subscribers, scattered spotting, browning to plates, occasional faint water-staining to bottom edge, new endpapers, modern antique-style half-calf, [Atabey 580; cf Blackmer 817], folio, for the Author, and to be sold by John Mayo, 1709. *** The list of subscribers includes Katharine Humphreys and John Gay."Hill was 24 years old when he published his account of the Ottoman Empire. He had gone to Constantinople as a youth while Lord Paget, a relative of his mother, was ambassador there. He travelled extensively, returning to London in 1703 at the age of 18. Spencer calls this book 'one of the curiosities of literature' for the crassness and ignorance it displays." (Blackmer)
![al-Jawhari (Abu Nasr Isma'il) Kitab-i Iugat-i Vankulu [An Ottman Turkish translation of the Arabic Sihah of Jawhari], 2 vol.,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/12fcff46-04a2-4142-8bc1-b21201149ccc/46f003c2-2219-439e-b261-b2120118e682/468x382.jpg)
al-Jawhari (Abu Nasr Isma'il) Kitab-i Iugat-i Vankulu [An Ottman Turkish translation of the Arabic Sihah of Jawhari], 2 vol., translated by Mehemmed ibn Mustafa el-Vani [Vankuli], vol. 1 lacking final 2 ff. now provided in facsimile, vol. 1 with one or two marginal notes, slight chipping to fore-edges, water-staining to both, abrasion marks to endpapers, vol. 1 in twentieth-century half-cloth, rubbed and worn, vol. 2 in near contemporary calf envelope binding, rubbed and worn, chipping to extremities, Istanbul, Dar ut-Tibaat el-Memure, 1169-70 AH [1755-56]; and an early twentieth century Koran, large 8vo & 8vo (3). *** The first mentioned is the second edition of the first text printed by Ibrahim Muteferrika in 1729: an Ottoman Turkish translation of the enormously influential 10th-century Arabic dictionary of Jawhari.
Kinneir (John Macdonald) Journey through Asia Minor, Armenia, and Koordistan, first edition, large engraved folding map with routes in red housed in pocket at end, short tear with tape repair verso, one or two short splits to foldlines, bound without half-title, scattered faint spotting, modern half-calf, [Blackmer 914], 8vo, 1818. *** Kinneir was attached to Sir John Malcolm's mission from India to Persia in 1808-9, acting as an agent at Bushire and making numerous journeys within Persia. In 1810 he went back to England but returned to India in 1813-14 by way of Cyprus, Constantinople, Baghdad and Bombay. It is this latter journey that is recounted here, though his earlier travels in Persia are also listed (p.552).
Pococke (Richard) A Description of the East, and Some other Countries, 3 parts bound as 2 vol., first edition, engraved title vignettes, 178 engraved plates, engraved head- and tail-pieces, vol. 2 with engraved dedication, scattered faint spotting, vol. 2 with tiny marginal worming to early blank and title, previous owner's ink inscription to early blank, scattered spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip and recornered, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Atabey 965; Blackmer 1323], folio, 1743-44. *** Pococke travelled much of Europe between 1733 and 1736 before continuing onto the Levant, reaching Alexandria in 1737. "He remained three years in the Eastern Mediterranean, visiting Egypt, Palestine, Asia Minor, and Greece. His book describes these journeys, but not necessarily in chronological order." (Blackmer)
![[Badia Y Leblich (Domingo)] Travels of Ali Bey in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, 2 vol., first E](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/12fcff46-04a2-4142-8bc1-b21201149ccc/dad4ce86-d91f-412d-85a5-b21201190285/468x382.jpg)
[Badia Y Leblich (Domingo)] Travels of Ali Bey in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, 2 vol., first English edition, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. 1, 4 folding engraved maps, one with short split to foldlines and neat tape repair verso, 86 engraved plates, of which 9 double-page and/or folding, π4 with short tear just touching text, scattered faint spotting, new endpapers, modern morocco backed boards, [Blackmer 62], 4to, 1816.
Wittman (William) Travels in Turkey, Asia-Minor, Syria, and Across the Desert into Egypt, first edition, double-page engraved frontispiece, short marginal tear with old tape repair, 20 engraved plates, of which 16 hand-coloured, one folding hand-coloured plan, one folding engraved map, one folding facsimile with tear, occasional faint pencil marginal notes, scattered faint spotting, faint off-setting, bookplate, contemporary diced calf, cracked hinges, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Atabey 1344; Blackmer 1832], 4to, 1803.
Hughes (Rev. Thomas Smart) Travels in Sicily Greece and Albania, 2 vol., first edition, 12 engraved plates, 2 engraved maps, one double-page plans, 3pp. manuscript notes on the death of Ali Pacha loosely inserted, scattered spotting, bookplate, later marbled boards, title in manuscript to spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, 1820. *** Provenance: Bookplate of Alexander Mountbatten to front free endpaper verso of volume one.
Lewis (John Frederick) Illustrations of Constantinople, made during a Residence in that City &c. in the Years 1835-6, first edition, hand-coloured lithograph title, dedication leaf, 27 hand-coloured lithographs on 25 sheets, 5 with short marginal tears and neat tape repairs verso, one or two with faint marginal spotting, disbound, housed in modern half-morocco drop-back box, black crushed morocco label with gilt lettering to upper cover, [Abbey Travel 394; Atabey 722; Blackmer 1015], folio, [1838]. *** Scarce. Although a hand-coloured deluxe edition was issued with mounted plates, this is a hand-coloured copy of the first edition, ordinary format."Although Lewis travelled in the East from about 1839 to 1851, the plates in this work are after drawings by Coke Smyth, who was resident in Constantinople before Lewis arrived there." (Atabey)
Hammer-Purgstall (Joseph von) & Hellert (J. J.) Histoire de L'Empire Ottoman, first edition, 19 vol. inc. atlas, half-titles to all but atlas, 39 engraved maps, of which 4 folding, on three variant wove papers with varying acidic toning and spotting, one map hand-coloured in outline, text vols. ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, previous owner's ink signature to early blank in atlas, text in twentieth-century cloth, red calf spine labels, a little rubbed, atlas in contemporary morocco backed boards, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Atabey 569], folio, Paris, 1843. *** Originally published in ten parts, "this atlas was prepared to accompany Hellert's French translation of Joseph von Hammer's history of the Ottoman Empire." (Atabey)
Tancoigne (J. M.) Voyage a Smyrne, 2 vol. bound as 1, first edition, half-titles, 2 engraved hand-coloured panoramas, occasional faint marginal staining, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's name blind-stamp to early blank, near contemporary calf-backed boards, a little rubbed, [Blackmer 1628], 12mo, Paris, 1817.
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