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Auction Name	A Visual and Historical Voyage into the Ottoman World: the Library of a Gentleman	Total Sales (GBP)	282,353.40
Auction Date	November 14, 2024 - November 14, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	189,930.00
Sale Number	#1157	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	267,870.00
Total Lots	267
Sold Lots	191	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	267,560.00
% of Lots Sold	71.54%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	382,090.00
Unsold Lots	76	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	73.90%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
41	Cassas (Louis Francois)	[Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palaestube et de la Basse-Egypte], 3 vol., first edition	1799	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 21,420.00
131	La Chappelle (George)	Recuel de Divers Portraits des Principales Dames de la Porte du Grand Turc, first edition	1648	GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 14,490.00
89	Fossati (Gaspard)	Aya Sophia Constantinople as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid, first edition	1852	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 11,340.00
88	Forbin (Louis)	Voyage dans le Levant, first edition, one of 325 copies	1819	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 10,080.00
69	De Launay (Marie)	& Hamdy Bey. Les Costumes Populaires de la Turque en 1873, 3 parts in 1 vol.,	1873	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 8,190.00
76	Dodwell (Edward)	Views in Greece, first edition	1821	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 8,190.00
39	Cantemir (Demetrius)	The History of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire, 2 parts in 1 vol.,	1669	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 7,560.00
143	Lewis (John Frederick)	Illustrations of Constantinople, made during a Residence in that City &c. in the Years 1835-6, first edition	1838	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 7,560.00
202	Preziosi (Amedeo)	Stamboul: Recollections of Eastern Life, first edition	1858	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 6,300.00
32	Brindesi (Jean)	Souvenirs de Constantinople, first edition	1855-60	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 5,040.00
189	Pertusier (Charles)	Promenades Pittoresques dans Constantinople et sur les Rives du Bosphore, 4 vol., inc Atlas, first edition	1815-17	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 5,040.00
25	Belon (Pierre)	Les Observations de Plusieurs Singularitez & choses memorables, trouuees en Grece, Asie, Judee, Egypte, Arabie ...,	1554	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,788.00
203	Preziosi (Amedeo)	Souvenir du Caire, first edition	c.1862	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 4,410.00
232	Solvyns (Francois Balthazar)	The Costume of Hindostan	1804	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,410.00
222	Schranz (Joseph)	Vue Generale du Bosphore, de Constantinople a Roumeli-Hissari, (pris d'Asie)	circa 1855	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 4,032.00
33	Brindesi (Jean)	Elbicei Atika Musee des Anciens Costumes Turcs de Constantinople, first edition,	c.1855	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 3,780.00
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
46	Chardin (Sir John)	Voyages du Chevalier Chardin, en Perse, et Autres Lieux de l'Orient, 11 vol.	1811	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,024.00
91	Friedel (Adam)	[The Greeks. Twenty-Four Portraits ... of the Principal Leaders and Personages ... in the Greek Revolution], first edition	1824-26	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 2,772.00
112	Hay (Robert)	Illustrations of Cairo, first edition, hand-coloured lithographs	1840	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,772.00
170	Mouradja D'Ohsson (Ignace de)	Tableau General de l'Empire Othoman, 2 vol. bound as 3	1787-90	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,772.00
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
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
65	Dapper (Olfert)	Description exacte des Isles de l'Archipel, et de quelques autres adjacentes...	1703	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 2,520.00
86	Ferriol (Charles)	Recueil de Cent Estampes representant differentes Nations du Levant	1714	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,520.00

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