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
252 Vertot (Abbe De)

Histoire des Chevaliers Hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jerusalem, 4 vol., first edition

Paris 1726 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
253 Viguier (Pierre Francois)

Elemens de la Langue Turque, first edition,

Constantinople 1790 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 693.00
254 Ville-Hardouin (Geoffrey de)

La Conquete de Constantinople

Paris 1872 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
255 Vincent (William)

The Voyage of the Nearchus: from the Indus to the Euphrates, first edition

1797 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
256 Volney (Constantin-Francois de)

Travels through Syria and Egypt, 2 vol.

1805 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,260.00
257 Wahlen (Auguste)

Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, 4 vol.,

Brussels 1843-44 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 189.00
258 Walsh (Thomas)

Journal of the Late Campaign in Egypt, second edition

1803 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 302.40
259 Werner (Carl)

Nile-Sketches ... with accompanying text by Dr. A. E., Brehm and Dr. Johannes Dumichen, first edition

1871-75 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,772.00
260 Wheler (George)

A Journey into Greece ... in company of Dr Spon of Lyons, first edition

1682 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 214.20
261 Wilkie (Sir David)

Sketches in Turkey, Syria & Egypt, 1840 & 1841, first edition

1843 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,780.00
262 Williams (Hugh William)

Select Views in Greece, 2 vol. bound as 1

1829 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,890.00
263 Willyams (Cooper)

A Voyage up the Mediterranean, first edition

1802 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
264 Willyams (Cooper)

A Selection of Views in Egypt, Palestine, Rhodes, Italy, Minorca, and Gibraltar

1822 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 529.20
265 Wittman (William)

Travels in Turkey, Asia-Minor, Syria, and Across the Desert into Egypt, first edition

1803 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 504.00
266 Worsley (Sir Richard)

Museum Worsleyanum; or a collection of Antique Basso-Relievos, Bustos, Statues, and Gems; with Views of Places in the Levant, 2 vol. in 1

1824 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,890.00
267 Wright (Rev. George Newenham) & Thomas Allom.

Belgium, the Rhine, Italy, Greece, and the Shores and the Shores and Islands of the Mediterranean, 2 vol.

c.1840 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 100.80
268 Wright (Rev. George Newenham) & Thomas Allom.

China, in a series of Views, 4 vol. bound as 1,

c.1840 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
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