Constantinople (Istanbul) - Joseph Schranz, ca. 1860

GORGEOUS PANORAMA OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE BOSPORUS STRAITS "Vue Generale du Bosphore, de Constantinople a Roumeli-Hissari (Prise d'Asie)", lithograph made by Joseph Schranz around 1860, printed from 5 stones by Jacomme et Cie in Paris. Coloured by a later hand. Size: (view) 25 x 170 cm, (incl. text) 28 x 170 cm. This rare view shows the city of Istanbul - named Constantinople in those days (until 1932) - looking from the east across the Bosporus Strait from the Sea of Marmara in the south to ‘Mont Géant’ in the north. In the foreground are scenes of local residents engaged in socializing, traveling and other, more traditional activities. Just beyond lies the Bosporus Strait which is filled with dozens of ships including two very early steamships. The city of Constantinople makes up the background, and is depicted in great detail. There are several landmarks indicated, from left to right: the Beylerbeyi Palace, Üsküdar community, the Seraglio Point (where the Topkapi Palace stands), the islet with Leander’s Tower (a lighthouse in the mid 19th century), the 17th century Sultan Ahmet Mosque, the famous Hagia Sophia Mosque, the Sublime Porte where the Ottoman central government was located, the Seraskier Tower (a fire watch tower), the Süleymaniye Mosque on the Third Hill, the Galata Tower (also an Ottoman fire watch tower), the Grand Champs des Morts in Pera (one of the world’s great necropolises of the day), Çiragan Palace (now a luxury hotel), Ortaköy Mosque (built between 1854-1856), Kuleli Military High School established in 1845, the Rami Barracks, Kuruçesme neighborhood, Arnavutköy neighborhood (today knows for its wooden Ottoman mansions), Bebek (a popular residential neighborhood), Kandilli neighborhood, the Rumelian Castle (the ‘straight blocker), the Baltalimani neighborhood, Istinye neighborhood, Yeniköy neighborhood, Anadoluhisari (the Anadolian Castle) and, finally, in the distance the Mont Géant (‘Large Mountain’, presumably Mihrabat hill). According to those accompanying Austrian emperor Franz Joseph, who visited Constantinople with his steamship in 1869, the Bosporus was one of the most splendid landscapes in the Orient. And its appeal is increased by the images from legend and history that appear here in front of the soul of the wanderer. Truly, this trip through the famous strait is a worthy preparation for the first sight of Constantinople, that miraculous city which, as it was centuries ago, is still today the long-awaited destination of mighty conquerors. Price: Euro 2.750,-    

-- Inter-Antiquariaat Mefferdt & De JongeProfessionele verkoper

Boeknummer: 5404

HOLMES, Oliver Wendell

Autograph Quotation Signed (Aqs) and Autograph Letter Signed (Als)

Boston, 10 March 1888. Manuscript. On a 6-7/8" x 9" piece of paper the author has written the following seven-line stanza from one of his best known poems "The Chambered Nautilus": Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea! Below this he has SIGNED "Oliver Wendell Holmes/Boston, March 10th 1888." On the verso of the paper (though not on the exact reverse side of the poem, so that one could cut the paper and have two separate autographed pieces), is a brief AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by Holmes to a Miss Wright: "It gives one pleasure to comply with your slight request. Please turn this leaf. Very truly yours OW Holmes. Boston, March 10th 1888. Normal light creases. A Fine example from this noted author and doctor The nautilus is a sea creature that lives inside a spiral shell. As it grows, it makes new, larger chambers of its shell in which to live, closing off the old chambers and gradually forming a spiral. Holmes uses the nautilus as a metaphor for the human soul, emphasizing the idea that humans expand their horizons until they achieve the spiritual freedom of heaven or the afterlife. One of the most enduring nature poems of the nineteenth century, "The Chambered Nautilus" was first published in the periodical THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY and then in book form in Holmes's 1858 classic THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE.

-- Charles AgventProfessionele verkoper

Boeknummer: 015372

Catalogus: Signed

Trefwoorden: Signed, Manuscript, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature, Medicine, Oliver Wendell Holmes Signed Literature: American Autographs 19th Century American Literature

LEWIS, H. SPENCER

Mansions of the Soul: The Cosmic Conception

San Jose, CA, Rosicrucian Press. 1933. Hardcover. Used, Hardcover (no jacket) in good condition. Second edition, 1983. Rosicrucian library, volume eleven. Lightly marked, faded and worn hardcover, with a slightly cocked spine. Small splits on the lower rear spine side, slightly affecting rear hinge. Page block is a little marked and discoloured. Page 195 / 196 has a nicked edge. All text is clear, with sound binding. CM. Good.

-- PsychoBabel BooksProfessionele verkoper

Boeknummer: 481785

Catalogus: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal

H. Spencer Lewis

Rosicrucian, Self Mastery and Fate, Mansions of the Soul

California, Supreme Grand Lodge of AMORC, 1954-61. Cloth. A set of three works on Rosicrucian by the U.S. founder of AMORC, Harvey Spencer Lee. Three works by H. Spencer Lewis, all published in the Rosicrucian Library.Harvey Spencer Lewis was the founder in the U.S. and first Imperator of the Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis, commonly known as AMORC. These three works offer a brilliant insight into Rosicrucianism, a spiritual and cultural movement with a core belief of the pursuit of spiritual enlightenment, the use of esoteric knowledge to discover deep truths about existence, and personal transformation. Including;'Rosicrucian. Questions and Answers, With Complete History of the Rosicrucian Order&apos. Volume I in the Rosicrucian Library, the fifth edition, published in 1954. Illustrated with five plates.'Self Mastery and Fate, With the Cycles of Life&apos. Volume VII in the Rosicrucian Library, the fifteenth edition, published in 1956. 'Mansions of the Soul, the Cosmic Conception&apos. Volume XI in the Rosicrucian Library, the tenth edition, published in 1961. In the original publisher's cloth bindings. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines, lighter bumping to the extremities. Gilt to the spine of Volume I is a little faded, with a damp stain to the tail of the spine. A few minor marks to the boards and spines. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front paste down of Volume VII. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

-- Rooke BooksProfessionele verkoper

Boeknummer: 900P34

Catalogus: Occult & Esoterica

Trefwoorden: Rosicrucian Mansions of the Soul Self Mastery and Fate h. spencer lewis Mansions of the Soul None