[KOLCZYCKI, JERZY FRANCISZEK (KOLTSCHITZKY, FRANZ GEORG)]:

[Head title] Curiosa relatione del viaggio fatto da quel coraggioso Soldato che portae fuori di Vienna le Lettere à S.A. di Lorena, e riportae le risposte, con tutto ciae che gli è successo in quello. Tradotta fedelmente sa una stampata in lingua tedesca. Venetia, per il Boso, 1683.

. Small 4to. Pp. (8). With engraved plate depicting a portrait of the author in his Turkish disguise and with the city of Vienna in the background. Contemporary limp vellum, covers ruled and decorated in gilt with fleur-de-lis. Bookplate (Paul de Fleury). Originally published in Vienna 1683.A scarce news pamphlet which tells the story of Kulczycki (1640-94), a Polish Lithuanian nobleman who was considered a hero for his actions during the Battle of Vienna in 1683. He volunteered as courier of Prince Starhemberg, the commanadant of Vienna, to make contact with the forces of Duke Charles of Lorraine. Disguised as a Turkish soldier Kulczycki left Vienna and managed to cross the enemy lines to meet the Duke, and then return to Vienna with a promise of imminent relief. Because of his message the defenders held out until the allied armies relieved the city on September 12 1683. The text follows with information about Kulczycki's dealings with coffee. According to a legend Kulczycki, as a reward, was allowed to keep large quantities of coffee beans left behind by the beaten Turks as personal booty. He was the founder of the first coffee house in Vienna called "Hof zur Blauen Flasche". Hünersdorff, Coffee Bibl., pp 815-6 (a copy with slightly different engraved portrait; also forming the title).

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Book number: 100800

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[DELISLE DE SALE, JEAN-BAPTISTE-CLAUDE]:

Histoire d'Assyrie, ou histoire des monarchies de Ninive, de Babylone, et d'Ecbatane. Two volumes. Paris, avec approbation & privilegie de Roi, 1780.

. Pp. xlviii, 332, (4); 300. Text within woodcut border. With one folding engraved map, four folding engraved plates and two folding engraved tables. Contemporary full calf, gilt spines with five raised bands, worn, hinges weak, spine ends chipped, marbled endpapers and edges. Rare first edition. Delisle de Sale (1741-1816) was a controversial French philosopher renowned for his "De la philosophie de la nature". Interesting work on the Assyrian empire with attractive engravings of Babylon and the Kaaba in Mecca. The two large tables are titled: "Chronologie des souverains de Ninive, de Babylone et d'Ecbatane" and " Tableau des variations entre les anciens historiens ... de l'Assyrie, depuis Ninus jusqu'à la Mort d'Astiage". A second edition was published in 1782 with a slightly different title ("Histoire de l'empire Assyrien"). Barbier i, 655.

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Book number: 100511

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[WORTLEY MONTAGU, LADY MARY]:

Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W--y M---e: Written, During her travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe. ... Three volumes. London, printed for T. Becket & P.A. De Hondt, 1769.

. Small 8vo. Pp. xii, adv. (iv), 180; (iv), 195; (iv), 230. Contemporary calf, spines richly gilt and with title labels. Binding worn and some marginal wormholes to the first and third volumes. Some old annotations. Bookplates. Lady Wortley Montagu was the first lady to travel abroad for mere curiosity's sake. When her husband was appointed British ambassador to the Porte in 1716, she decided to join him. They settled in a hilltop palace at Pera, which became their home for 18 months. Lady Mary's letters first published after her death (1763) became enormously popular and reissued many times. She became a great admirer of Turkish culture and her work includes insights that were exceptional for their time. Robinson p.32. Cf Atabey 829. Weber 477.

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Book number: 121275

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[PROMÉ, JEAN (Edit.)]:

[LEVANT, BALTIC STATES, RUSSIA, ETC.] Les voyages de Monsieur Des Hayes, baron de Courmesvin, en Dannemarc. Enrichis d'annotations. BOUND WITH: Les voyages de M. Quiclet a Constantinople par terre. Enrichis d'annotations. Paris, Pierre Bienfait, 1664.

. 12mo. Pp. (viii), 284, (4); (viii), 246. Contemporary calf, spine with four raised bands, decorated in gilt, rubbed, sprinkled edges. Old ownership signature on title. First edition.The first work is written as a diary dealing with Louis Des Hayes' stay in Denmark and his preparations for a diplomatic mission to Moscow regarding a commercial treaty for the Baltic Sea trade. Includes descriptions of various parts of Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein and the Baltic countries. The second work recounts the journey of Quiclet to the Levant in 1658. He visited the cities of Ragusa, Sarajevo, Belgrad and Andrianople (Edirne). At end a description of Constantinople. It was published posthumously by Jean Promé. Blackmer 1360. Weber 317 (Quiclet).

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Book number: 100520

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, levant, europe, constantinople, turkey, turkish, turque, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, oriental, travel, exploration, russia, russe, commerce, trade, bosnia, dubrovnik, dalmatia, serbia, denmark, scandinavia,

[GODARD D'AUCOURT, CLAUDE]:

Mémoires turcs, ou histoire galante de deux turcs, pendant leur séjour en France. Par un auteur turc de toutes les Académies Mahométanes, licencié en droit turc, & Maître-ès-Arts de l'Université de Constantinople. Two parts in one volume. Francfort, chez la veuve Knoch & J.G. Eslinger, 1765.

. 12mo. Pp. (Iv), 160; (iv), 234. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with five raised bands and title label, worn and hinges weak, spine ends chipped. First edition was published in 1743. It's a novel about Paris seen through the eyes of an observant Turkish man written in the new literary genre developed at this time. Cf Atabey 508. Gay v, 49. Cf Hayn-Got. v, 273.

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Book number: 23117

Catalogue: Near East

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[ARMENIAN BIBLE].

The Old and New Testament. Constantinople 1915.

. Folio. Size: 21 x 28,7 cm. Pp. (iv), 875; (ii), 273 + content (1) + pp. 9 index. Text in Turkish with Armenian script. Contemporary black cloth. Old ownership signature in ink on front endpaper.

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Book number: 100901

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, turkey, turkish, turque, armenian, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, religion, bible, religious,

[TURKISH / ARABIC].

Petit dictionnaire francais - turc - italien - arabe a l'usage du Collège d'Alep et des autres écoles de la custodie franciscaine de Terre-Sainte. Jérusalem, Imprimerie des PP. Franciscains, 1880.

. Pp. (viii), 603, (1). Front endpaper missing. Original printed boards, cloth spine with title label. Some minor browning.

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Book number: 23100

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, turkish, arabic, ottoman, french, aleppo, jerusalem, language, langue, linguistic, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, POLYGOT

[HÖPKEN (HOPKEN), CARL FREDRIK VON & CARLESON, EDUARD]:

Relation om herrar Envoyéernas och Cancellie-Rådens Herr Baron v. Höpkens och herr Carlsons hafde audience wid Ottomanniske Porten 8-19 Julii 1740. Stockholm, Kongl. tryckeriet, Pet. Momma, [1740].

. 4to. Pp. (8). Disbound. A report of Höpken and Carelson, Swedish charge d'affaires in Constantinople, of the audience with the Grand Visir regarding the ratification of a defence treaty in 1740 between the countries. Christian Callmer: In Orientem (1985) pp. 38-39.

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Book number: 100018

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[TURKEY].

Turcici imperii status. Seu discurses varii de rebus turcarum. Lugd. Bat., ex off. Elzeviriana, 1630.

. 16mo. Pp. (viii) including engraved title, 314, index (5). Slightly later half calf, somewhat rubbed. Old annotations and underlinings. First edition. A collection of excerpts and short works by several writers such as Busbecq, Soranzo, Montalbano, Malaguzzi, etc. It's covering the historical and military state of the Ottoman Empire and includes much information about Constantinople at the time. Berghman 1903. Willems 340.

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Book number: 40006

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[ZEDRITZ, CARL EDVARD]:

Den turkiska musiken eller Stockholms-resan. Beraettelse. Westeraas, Daniel Torsell, 1835.

. Pp. (ii), 165. Uncut copy in original printed wrappers, stained on front cover. A scarce work about student life in Upsala. See Sundblad, Upsalalif. Bygdén ii, 676.

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Book number: 14090

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, europe, europa, turkey, music, sweden, uppsala, upsala, turquie

ANQUETIL-DUPERRON, ABRAHAM HYACINTHE:

Législation Orientale, ouvrage dans lequel, en montrant quels sont en Turquie, en Perse, et dans l'Indoustan les principles fondamentaux du gouvernement, on prouve, .... Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1778.

. 4to. Pp. (xvi), vi, 312, (38) table. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with five raised bands and red title label, extremities worn, spine ends chipped. Small marginal hole to half title and some very light staining to lower right corner of first thirteen leaves. First edition. Devoted to Muslim law, politics and government in Turkey, Persia and India. The author argues that Montesqieu's view of oriental despotism was wrong. Anquetil-Duperron, French scholar and linguist who travelled to India to search for ancient Zoroastrian texts. He acquired and translated almost 200 such manuscripts.

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Book number: 121382

Catalogue: Central Asia

Keywords: Central Asia, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, turkish, turkey, persia, persian, india, inde, indian, oriental, exploration, legislation, islam,

ARRHENIUS, LARS (Preses) / ULNERUS, ISRAEL (Resp.):

Dissertatio historico politica de origine et statu hoderino Turcarum, ... Upsala, Werner, 1723.

. Small 8vo. Pp. (viii), 84, (4). Disbound. Copy of Ericsberg. A dissertation dealing with the language, politics, government, education and military matters.

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Book number: 99784

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AVRIL, PHILIPPE:

Voyage en divers etats d'Europe et d'Asie, entrepris pour découvrir un nouveau chemin à la Chine. Contenant plusiers remarques curieuses de physique, de geographie, d'hydrographie & d'histoire. Avec une description de la grande Tartarie, & les differens peuples qui l'habitent. Paris, Claude Barbin, Jean Boudot, George & Louis Josse, 1692.

. 4to. Pp. (xx), 406, (ii), (24) table. With engraved portrait of Gen. Stanislas Jablonowski, one folding engraved map, three engraved plates and five large engraved vignettes. Contemporary calf, covers ruled in gilt, flat spine with elaborate gilt decoration and red title label, r.e. Bookplate on front paste down. First edition of Avril's narrative of his two journeys through Central Asia aiming to discover new overland routes to China. Philippe Avril, Jesuit professor of philosophy and mathematics at Paris, was summoned by Father Ferdinand Verbiest in Peking to join the mission there. For eight years, from 1682 to 1690, Avril travelled overland as far as North and Northwest China but ultimately failing to reach Peking. This narrative covers both journeys; the first by caravan through Syria, Kurdistan, Armenia, Persia and across the Caspian to Astrakan where he had to turn back, and the second about his attempt to cross Siberia from Moscow to China, with his return to the West through Constantinople, Moldavia, Poland and Lithuania. Avril's narrative is based on earlier Jeusit reports but also on new information given to him by caravan travellers and rulers he met en route, in particular the king of Syria. Cordier BS 2088. Cf Walravens (1987) 55.

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Book number: 100546

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, china, chine, kina, chinese, syria, persia, turkey, levant, ottoman, travel, exploration, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, central asia, kurdistan, siberia, russia, russian,

BARTHÉLEMY, CHARLES:

Histoire de Turquie depuis les temps les plus regules jusqu'a nos jours. Tours 1856.

. Pp. (iv), 411. With engraved frontispiece and 3 engraved plates. Contemporary blindstamped cloth with gilt decoration on covers, spine richly decorated in gilt ("Cartonnage Romantique").

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Book number: 28123

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BERGGREN, GUILLAUME / SEBAH, JEAN PASCALE & JOALLIER, POLYCARPE:

An album with forty original photographs. Constantinople (Istanbul) 1880s.

. Oblong folio. Comprises forty albumen photographs mounted on thick cardboard with French hand-written captions below. Half green leather with gilt title label on upper cover. Foxing to the cardboard but the photographs are in very good condition. The collection includes twenty-four photos (ca 27.5 x 20.5 cm) signed by Berggren, depicting famous city scenes, important buildings and sites in Constantinople and its environs. Six similar photos are unsigned but probably some of them are by Berggren. Five photos are signed by Sebah & Joallier and another five coloured (22.5 x 16.5 cm) signed by P.Z. The collection includes photos of the Galata bridge, city scenes from Pera, Hagia Sophia, Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III, Tower of Leandros, Hamidiye Camii Mosque, views along the Bosphorus, the Turkish cemetery at Scutari, etc.Guillaume Berggren (Per Vilhelm), was born in Stockholm but lived most of his life in Constantinople, from 1866 to his death in 1920. He opened a photographic studio in the fashionable area of Pera. In 1885 in connection with king Oscar II's visit to Constantinople he was appointed Photographer of the Swedish Royal Court receiving the Litteris et Artibus royal medal. Jean Sebah was the son of the eminent photographer Pascal Sebah and took over the business after his father's death. In 1888 he went into a partnership with Polycarpe Joaillier, and thereafter the studio was known as Sebah & Joaillier and named the Sultan's official photographers.

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Book number: 100057

Catalogue: Near East

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