Forum Auctions: A Visual and Historical Voyage into the Ottoman World: the Library of a Gentleman, 1157, London

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Auction Date
November 14, 2024 - November 14, 2024
Page Size: 267 items in 11 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Abdullah Freres Panorama of Constaninope from Beyazit Tower

1865 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 1,890.00
2 Addison (Charles Greenstreet)

Damascus and Palmyra: a journey to the East, 2 vol., first edition,

1838 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 403.20
3 Alexander (William)

Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Chinese

c.1814 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 567.00
4 Alexander (William)

Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Russians

1814 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 252.00
5 Alexander (William)

Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Turks

1814 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 478.80
6 al-Jawhari (Abu Nasr Isma'il)

Kitab-i Iugat-i Vankulu [An Ottman Turkish translation of the Arabic Sihah of Jawhari], 2 vol.

Istanbul 1169-70 AH [1755-56] GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 478.80
7 Allan (John H.)

A Pictorial Tour in the Mediterranean, second edition

1845 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,638.00
8 Allom (Thomas)

Character and Costume in Turkey and Italy, second edition

c.1848 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 604.80
9 Amelot de la Houssaye (Abraham Nicholas)

The History of the Government of Venice

1677 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 163.80
10 Andreossy (Antoine Francois)

Constantinople et Le Bosphore de Thrace, 2 vol. inc. Atlas, first edition

Paris 1828 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 567.00
11 Andrews (Lieutenant-Colonel Mottram)

A Series of Views in Turkey and the Crimea, from Embarcation at Gallipoli to the Fall of Sebastopol, first edition

1856 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
12 Annesley (George, Viscount Valentia)

Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, 4 vol. second edition

1811 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 504.00
13 Arif Pacha (Muchir)

Les Anciens Costumes de l'Empire Ottoman , first edition

Paris 1863 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
14 Arvieux (Laurent d')

Travels in Arabia, the Desart, first English edition

1718 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,260.00
15 Atil (Esin)

Images of Imperial Istanbul, limited facsimile edition

Istanbul 1993 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
16 Auldjo (John)

Journal of a Visit to Constantinople, and some of the Greek Islands, first edition,

1835 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 226.80
17 Badia Y Leblich (Domingo)

Travels of Ali Bey in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, 2 vol., first English edition

1816 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,520.00
18 Badia Y Leblich (Domingo)

Plates and Maps of the Travels of Ali Bey, first American edition

Philadelphia 1816 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
19 Barbot (Alexandre) & E. Barbot.

Souvenirs d'Egypt

Paris c.1850 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
20 Bartholdy (Jakob Ludwig Salomon)

Voyage en Grece dait dans les annees 1803 et 1804, 2 vol., first French edition

1807 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 478.80
21 Bartlett (William Henry),

William Purser, and Thomas Allom. Syria, The Holy Land & Asia Minor

c.1840 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 567.00
22 Baudier (Michel)

Inventaire de l'Histoire Generale des Turcs

Rouen 1641 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 239.40
23 Bearn (Louis Hector de, Count)

Quelques Souvenirs d'une Campagne en Turquie, [?Paris]

Paris? c.1839 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 1,890.00
24 Baudier (Michel)

Histoire Generale de la Religion des Turcs

Rouen 1741 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
25 Belon (Pierre)

Les Observations de Plusieurs Singularitez & choses memorables, trouuees en Grece, Asie, Judee, Egypte, Arabie ...,

Paris 1554 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,788.00
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