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

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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
101 Gulmez Freres

Three Panoramic Photographs of Istanbul...

c.1890 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,260.00
102 Guys (Pierre Augustin)

Voyage Litteraire de la Grece, ou Lettres sur les Grecs, 2 vol.

Paris 1776 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 189.00
103 Habesci (Elias)

The Present State of the Ottoman Empire, first edition

1784 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
104 Hamilton (William John)

Researches in Asia Minor, Pontus, and Armenia, 2 vol., first edition

1842 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,071.00
105 Hammer-Purgstall (Joseph von)& Hellert (J. J.)

Histoire de L'Empire Ottoman, first edition

Paris 1843 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,008.00
106 Hammer-Purgstall (Joseph von)

Histoire de L'Empire Ottoman, 3 vol.

Paris 1844 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 378.00
107 Hanway (Jonas)

An Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea, 4 vol. bound as 3

1753 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 352.80
108 Harding (Edward)

Costume of the Russian Empire, second edition

1810 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 378.00
109 Harding (Edward)

Costume of the Russian Empire

1811 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 277.20
110 Hasselquist (Frederik)

Voyages and Travels in the Levant

1766 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
111 Hay (Robert)

Illustrations of Cairo, first edition

1840 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,520.00
112 Hay (Robert)

Illustrations of Cairo, first edition, hand-coloured lithographs

1840 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,772.00
113 Head (Captain C. F.)

Eastern and Egyptian Scenery, Ruins, &, first edition

1833 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 756.00
114 Head (Captain C. F.)

Eastern and Egyptian Scenery, Ruins, &c., first edition

1833 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 630.00
115 Herbelot (Barthelemy d')

Bibliotheque Orientale, ou Dictionnaire Universel ..., 2 vol.

Maastricht 1776-80 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 189.00
116 Herbert (Sir Thomas)

Some Yeares Travels into Divers Parts of Asia and Afrique

1638 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 945.00
117 Herve (Francis)

A Residence in Greece and Turkey, 2 vol., first edition

1837 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 756.00
118 Hill (Aaron)

A Full and Just Account of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire in all its Branches, first edition

1709 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 756.00
119 Hobhouse (John Cam, 1st Baron Broughton)

A Journey through Albania, and other Provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, 2 vol.,

1813 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 630.00
120 Hornby (Lady Emily Bithynia)

Constantinople during the Crimean War, first edition

1863 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 604.80
121 Hughes (Rev. Thomas Smart)

Travels in Sicily Greece and Albania, 2 vol., first edition

1820 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 504.00
122 Iacovleff (Alexandre)

Dessins et Peintures d'Asie, number 83 of ?750 copies

Paris 1934 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,016.00
123 Irwin (Eyles)

A Series of Adventures in the course of a Voyage up the Red-Sea, on the Coasts of Arabia and Egypt

1780 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
124 Johnston (Robert)

Travels through part of the Russian Empire and the Country of Poland, first edition

1815 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 441.00
125 Joinville (Jean de)

Memoirs of John Lord de Joinville, Grand Seneschal of Champagne, 2 vol.,

Haford Press 1807 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 75.60
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