A Visual and Historical Voyage into the Ottoman World: the Library of a Gentleman
Thursday 14th November 2024 | 1:00 pm | Lots:
This collection focuses on conveying an accurate historical and visual understanding of Turkey and the Ottoman empire from the 16th through to the 20th century by focusing on 400 years of Ottoman history, voyage, and costume portrayed by prominent politicians, historians, and travellers in the Levant. The collection focuses sequentially on the most important historical works embellished by illustrations contained in the key architectural, travel and costume books. Historical works include both key political works as well as many important historical reference volumes. The content is further highlighted through illustrations found in seminal costume and architectural books from the past 400 years. For example, Ottoman costume is found in Nicolay’s and Belon’s 16th century work, Chalcondyle’s and La Chappelle’s 17th century work, Ferriol’s illustrations from the early 18th century, and through Brindisi, Mayer, Dalvimart, Preziosi, Hamdy Bey, and other costume works of the 18th-20th centuries. Similarly, architecture works from Grelot, Pertussier, Cassas, Lewis, Roberts, Choiseul-Gouffier, Fossati, Chenavard, and others provide a rich visual architectural perspective. The collection thus serially presents the rich history of Turkey brought to life through a visual focus.
![Abdullah Frères Panorama of Constaninope from Beyazit Tower, [1865].](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/28aa4d40-188a-ef11-ac21-6045bdd081a7/65a86c04-438d-ef11-ac21-6045bdd14a86.webp "Abdullah Frères Panorama of Constaninope from Beyazit Tower, [1865].")
LOT 1
Abdullah Frères Panorama of Constaninope from Beyazit Tower, [1865].
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Hammer Price: £1,500
LOT 2
Addison (Charles Greenstreet) Damascus and Palmyra: a journey to the East, 2 vol., first...
Estimate: £500 - £700
Hammer Price: £320
![Alexander (William) Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Chinese, [c.1814]](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/88ba6fc2-4586-ef11-ac21-6045bd111a60/df26a95c-718c-ef11-ac21-6045bdfc9a9a.webp "Alexander (William) Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Chinese, [c.1814]")
LOT 3
Alexander (William) Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Chinese, [c.1814]
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £450
![[Alexander (William)] Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Russians, [1814].](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/688620d5-648c-ef11-ac21-0022483ec511/ac516650-818c-ef11-ac21-6045bdd14a86.webp "[Alexander (William)] Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Russians, [1814].")
LOT 4
[Alexander (William)] Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Russians, [1814].
Estimate: £300 - £400
Hammer Price: £200
![[Alexander (William)] Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Turks, 1814.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/99a37319-668c-ef11-ac21-0022483ec511/b4516650-818c-ef11-ac21-6045bdd14a86.webp "[Alexander (William)] Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Turks, 1814.")
LOT 5
[Alexander (William)] Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Turks, 1814.
Estimate: £300 - £400
Hammer Price: £380
![al-Jawhari (Abu Nasr Isma'il) Kitab-i Iugat-i Vankulu [An Ottman Turkish translation of the Arabic Sihah of Jawhari], 2 vol., Istanbul, Dar ut-Tibaat el-Memure](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/8be3e6d1-778c-ef11-ac21-0022483ec511/ee44c638-9e8c-ef11-ac21-00224840d112.webp "al-Jawhari (Abu Nasr Isma'il) Kitab-i Iugat-i Vankulu [An Ottman Turkish translation of the Arabic Sihah of Jawhari], 2 vol., Istanbul, Dar ut-Tibaat el-Memure")
LOT 6
al-Jawhari (Abu Nasr Isma'il) Kitab-i Iugat-i Vankulu [An Ottman Turkish translation of the...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £380
LOT 7
Allan (John H.) A Pictorial Tour in the Mediterranean, second edition, 1845; and others Europe (21)
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Hammer Price: £1,300
![Allom (Thomas) Character and Costume in Turkey and Italy, second edition, [c.1848]](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/ec140862-5b6f-ef11-a671-000d3a7f9d34/7cad632d-6e8c-ef11-ac21-6045bdfc9a9a.webp "Allom (Thomas) Character and Costume in Turkey and Italy, second edition, [c.1848]")
LOT 8
Allom (Thomas) Character and Costume in Turkey and Italy, second edition, [c.1848]
Estimate: £300 - £400
Hammer Price: £480
LOT 9
Amelot de la Houssaye (Abraham Nicholas) The History of the Government of Venice, by H. C. for...
Estimate: £150 - £200
Hammer Price: £130
LOT 10
Andreossy (Antoine François) Constantinople et Le Bosphore de Thrace, 2 vol. inc. Atlas, first...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Hammer Price: £450
LOT 11
Andrews (Lieutenant-Colonel Mottram) A Series of Views in Turkey and the Crimea, from...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 12
Annesley (George, Viscount Valentia) Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea,...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £400
![Arif Pacha (Muchir) Les Anciens Costumes de l'Empire Ottoman , first edition, Paris, [1863].](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/1d702099-076a-ef11-a673-6045bdfc4f0d/326f4ffa-6d8c-ef11-ac21-6045bdfc9a9a.webp "Arif Pacha (Muchir) Les Anciens Costumes de l'Empire Ottoman , first edition, Paris, [1863].")
LOT 13
Arif Pacha (Muchir) Les Anciens Costumes de l'Empire Ottoman , first edition, Paris, [1863].
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 14
Arvieux (Laurent d') Travels in Arabia, the Desart, first English edition, for B. Barker and C....
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Hammer Price: £1,000
LOT 15
Atil (Esin) Images of Imperial Istanbul, limited facsimile edition, Istanbul, 1993; and others...
Estimate: £300 - £400
Hammer Price: £150
LOT 16
Auldjo (John) Journal of a Visit to Constantinople, and some of the Greek Islands, first...
Estimate: £200 - £300
Hammer Price: £180
![[Badia Y Leblich (Domingo)] Travels of Ali Bey in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, 2 vol., first English edition, 1816.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/4a2fd316-c184-ef11-ac21-6045bdfc12f5/5692b83d-718c-ef11-ac21-6045bdfc9a9a.webp "[Badia Y Leblich (Domingo)] Travels of Ali Bey in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, 2 vol., first English edition, 1816.")
LOT 17
[Badia Y Leblich (Domingo)] Travels of Ali Bey in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia,...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Hammer Price: £2,000
![[Badia Y Leblich (Domingo)] Plates and Maps of the Travels of Ali Bey, first American edition, plate vol. only, Philadelphia, 1816.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/3858939e-4d85-ef11-ac23-7c1e5204c90d/5e92b83d-718c-ef11-ac21-6045bdfc9a9a.webp "[Badia Y Leblich (Domingo)] Plates and Maps of the Travels of Ali Bey, first American edition, plate vol. only, Philadelphia, 1816.")
LOT 18
[Badia Y Leblich (Domingo)] Plates and Maps of the Travels of Ali Bey, first American edition,...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 19
Barbot (Alexandre) & E. Barbot. Souvenirs d'Egypt, Paris, c.1850.
Estimate: £600 - £800
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 20
Bartholdy (Jakob Ludwig Salomon) Voyage en Grèce dait dans les années 1803 et 1804, 2 vol.,...
Estimate: £500 - £700
Hammer Price: £380
LOT 21
Bartlett (William Henry), William Purser, and Thomas Allom. Syria, The Holy Land & Asia Minor...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £450
LOT 22
Baudier (Michel) Inventaire de l'Histoire Generale des Turcs, Rouen, Clement Malassis, Louys...
Estimate: £150 - £200
Hammer Price: £190
![[Bearn (Louis Hector de, Count)] Quelques Souvenirs d'une Campagne en Turquie, [?Paris], [c.1839].](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/53fe0531-9a81-ef11-ac21-002248018d97/520f0688-738c-ef11-ac21-6045bdfc9a9a.webp "[Bearn (Louis Hector de, Count)] Quelques Souvenirs d'une Campagne en Turquie, [?Paris], [c.1839].")
LOT 23
[Bearn (Louis Hector de, Count)] Quelques Souvenirs d'une Campagne en Turquie, [?Paris], [c.1839].
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Hammer Price: £1,500
LOT 24
Baudier (Michel) Histoire Generale de la Religion des Turcs, Rouen, Jean Berthelin, 1741.
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £300
LOT 25
Belon (Pierre) Les Observations de Plusieurs Singularitez & choses memorables, trouuées en...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Hammer Price: £3,800
LOT 26
Benjamin of Tudela. Voyages de Rabbi Benjamin ... en Europe, en Asie & en Afrique, 2 vol. bound...
Estimate: £300 - £400
Hammer Price: £450
LOT 27
Blackwood (Lady Alicia) Scutari, The Bosphorus and Crimea, 2 vol., first edition, Ventnor, Isle...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Hammer Price: £450
LOT 28
Blunt (Sir Henry) A Voyage into the Levant, being a brief Relation of a Journey lately performed...
Estimate: £500 - £700
Hammer Price: £500
LOT 29
Boucicault (Jean Le Maingre de) Histoire de Mre. Jean de Boucicaut, Mareschal de France,...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 30
Boué (Ami) La Turquie d'Europe, 4 vol., first edition, Paris, 1840.
Estimate: £750 - £1,000
Hammer Price: Unsold
![[Bouhours (Dominique)] Histoire de Pierre D'Aubusson Gran-Maistre de Rhodes, first edition, Paris, Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1676.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/0c12695f-6477-ef11-a673-6045bdc15f6c/118c9eb6-cd8b-ef11-ac23-7c1e5204c90d.webp "[Bouhours (Dominique)] Histoire de Pierre D'Aubusson Gran-Maistre de Rhodes, first edition, Paris, Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1676.")
LOT 31
[Bouhours (Dominique)] Histoire de Pierre D'Aubusson Gran-Maistre de Rhodes, first edition,...
Estimate: £500 - £700
Hammer Price: £400
![Brindesi (Jean) Souvenirs de Constantinople, first edition, [Paris], [1855-60].](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/9dfd0531-9a81-ef11-ac21-002248018d97/68e30c82-738c-ef11-ac21-6045bdfc9a9a.webp "Brindesi (Jean) Souvenirs de Constantinople, first edition, [Paris], [1855-60].")
LOT 32
Brindesi (Jean) Souvenirs de Constantinople, first edition, [Paris], [1855-60].
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
Hammer Price: £4,000
![Brindesi (Jean) Elbicei Atika Musée des Anciens Costumes Turcs de Constantinople, first edition, Paris, Lemercier, [c.1855].](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/8a4fa803-a16b-ef11-a673-7c1e52040a69/e5664566-cd8b-ef11-ac23-7c1e5204c90d.webp "Brindesi (Jean) Elbicei Atika Musée des Anciens Costumes Turcs de Constantinople, first edition, Paris, Lemercier, [c.1855].")
LOT 33
Brindesi (Jean) Elbicei Atika Musée des Anciens Costumes Turcs de Constantinople, first edition,...
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000
Hammer Price: £3,000
LOT 34
Brown (Edward) A Brief Account of some Travels in divers Parts of Europe ... with some...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £300
LOT 35
Buckingham (James Silk) Travels in Mesopotamia, 2 vol., first edition, 1827.
Estimate: £500 - £700
Hammer Price: £500
LOT 36
Buckingham (James Silk) Travels in Palestine, through the Countries of Bashan and Gilead, first...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £950
![Buonaiuti (B. Serafino) Italian Scenery; representing the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Different States of Italy, 1806 [but c.1818].](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/8399d0d8-886f-ef11-a671-002248418101/37b5af33-6e8c-ef11-ac21-6045bdfc9a9a.webp "Buonaiuti (B. Serafino) Italian Scenery; representing the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Different States of Italy, 1806 [but c.1818].")
LOT 37
Buonaiuti (B. Serafino) Italian Scenery; representing the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of...
Estimate: £500 - £700
Hammer Price: £500
LOT 38
Busbecq (Ogier Ghiselin de) Travels into Turkey, second edition in English, 1744.
Estimate: £200 - £300
Hammer Price: £220
LOT 39
Cantemir (Demetrius) The History of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire, 2 parts in 1...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: £6,000
LOT 40
Cantemir (Demetrius) Histoire de l'Empire Othoman, 2 vol., first edition in French, Paris, Nyon...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Hammer Price: £1,600
![Cassas (Louis François) [Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palæstube et de la Basse-Égypte], 3 vol., first edition, [P](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/694e0226-c480-ef11-ac23-6045bdfc4f0d/2163a16e-738c-ef11-ac21-6045bdfc9a9a.webp "Cassas (Louis François) [Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palæstube et de la Basse-Égypte], 3 vol., first edition, [P")
LOT 41
Cassas (Louis François) [Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palæstube et de...
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
Hammer Price: £17,000
![World in Miniature.- Castellan (A. L.) Turkey, 6 vol., R. Ackermann, [1821]; and others from the same series, including some duplicates (19).](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/2fb563dd-708c-ef11-ac21-0022483ec511/bff97f5c-818c-ef11-ac21-6045bdd14a86.webp "World in Miniature.- Castellan (A. L.) Turkey, 6 vol., R. Ackermann, [1821]; and others from the same series, including some duplicates (19).")
LOT 42
World in Miniature.- Castellan (A. L.) Turkey, 6 vol., R. Ackermann, [1821]; and others from the...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Hammer Price: £1,100
LOT 43
Castlereagh (Lord) A Journey to Damascus, 2 vol., first edition, 1847; and others similar (10)
Estimate: £600 - £800
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 44
Chalcondyle (Laonicus) L'Histoire de la Decadence de l'Empire Grec, 3 parts in 2 vol., Paris,...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £550
LOT 45
Chardin (Sir John) Voyages de Mr. Le Chevalier Chardin, en Perse et autres lieux de l'Orient, 10...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 46
Chardin (Sir John) Voyages du Chevalier Chardin, en Perse, et Autres Lieux de l'Orient, 11 vol.,...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Hammer Price: £2,400
LOT 47
Chenavard (Antoine Marie) Voyage en Grece et dans le Levant fait en MDCCCXLIII et MDCCCXLIV,...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Hammer Price: £1,500
LOT 48
Chishull (Edmund) Travels in Turkey and back to England, first edition, by W. Bowyer, 1747.
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Hammer Price: £1,000
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