Türkiye Rare Books

First (and only) edition, 8vo, xxii, 461 pp., [1], including half-title, plus the errata leaf at end, printed in French and Ottoman Turkish, some very slight dusting and scattered stains, overall clean and crisp internally; bound in contemporary Ottoman leather over boards, covers ruled in blind, spine gilt in compartments with flora motif, spine and extremities lightly rubbed, a good copy.

First edition, 4to, engraved pictorial title (laid down), [38], 351, 24, [24] pp., engraved portrait of Mohammed in text, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, 2 cm. worm track to first 40 pages, mainly marginal but occasionally touching text.

First edition, 4to, engraved title, folding plan of Jerusalem (old repair to verso with small area of loss), and 5 double-page charts and plans, 5 illustrations in the text, all but one full-page, small worm track to upper blank margin pp 465-470, tear to p283/4 going into text, contemporary vellum, a very good copy.

First edition, 2 vols; 4to, [xviii], 544; [iv], 526, [xl] (index) pp., 152 engraved plates and maps (some folding), tiny marginal burn hole to plate opposite p.379 in vol. II, occasional light browning and spotting, Contemporary calf, gilt spine, red morocco gilt lettering-pieces, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, red edges, extremities faintly rubbed, a fine set.

Second edition, folio (58 x 43.5 cm.), pictorial lithographed title printed in sepia, 28 chromo-lithographed plates, table of contents at end, original cloth gilt, spine faded, an excellent example.

First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, xii, 397; vii, 390 pp., 2 pages ads at end of each volume dated March 1869, 2 frontispieces, 6 full-page engraved plates, 5 illustrations in text, large folding map, original green blind-stamped cloth gilt, old bookseller's label to upper covers, neat repairs to inner hinges, scattered light foxing (beginning and end of both vols and pages 92-98 vol. II where a couple of newspaper clippings have been inserted on blank paper) a very good set.

First edition, 8vo, viii, 227 pp., folding aquatint frontispiece engraved by William Daniell after General Monteith, large folding map hand-coloured in outline, original reddish-brown cloth, covers faded, rebacked preserving original label, an excellent copy.

2 volumes in 1, 4to, 2 additional engraved titles with pictorial vignettes, 2 frontispieces, 94 full-page engraved plates, 2 maps, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, morocco lettering pieces, a fine clean copy.

Second edition, 8vo, xv, 560 pp., two folding maps, one with tape repairs, both with minor foxing, text block slightly loose from lower cover, contemporary ink ownership inscription to title-page; original red decorated cloth gilt, spine bumped, a good copy.

First edition in English. 2 volumes, 4to, complete with half-titles, xlii, 339; ix, 373 pp., 2 pages ads at end, engraved portrait frontispiece, 4 folding maps, 86 plates and plans by Michallon after Badia (a number folding or double-page), a little light foxing, occasional neat repairs to large folding maps, modern half calf gilt, a very good set.