Türkiye Rare Books

First edition. 4to (27.5 x 22 cm)., xvi, 596 pp., folding engraved frontispiece, folding firman, 2 maps (1 large folding), 20 plates (including 16 hand-coloured aquatints), contemporary half calf, marbled boards,neatly rebacked, a large, well-margined copy.

Second edition of first work, first edition of second, 2 volumes, 4to, xxii, viii, 615; xxi, [iii], 603, 8 pp., first work with 14 engraved plates including the 4 folding plates that form a panorama of Athens, second work with 13 engraved plates and an engraved vignette, uncut, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spines in five compartments, morocco labels to second and fourth, others richly gilt, broad raised bands, scattered light foxing, a very handsome set.

First edition. 8vo., xii, 259 pp., complete with half title, vignette on title and another on p.203 after Sir William Gell, 7 plates drawn and etched by George Cruikshank after drawings by the author, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving spine, rubbed, corners worn, a very good copy.

First edition. 8vo, xii, 603 pp., complete with half title, very large folding engraved map, contemporary half calf gilt, minor repairs to spine and corners, an excellent example.

Second edition, 2 volumes 8vo, xvi, 519; viii, 513 pp., folding map (trimmed close), 2 hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces, lithograph plate, folding facsimile, later calf gilt, morocco label, a very good copy.

First edition, 2 parts in 1 volume, 8vo, [2], 171, [1]; [4], 235, [1] pp., 22 engraved plates and plans (some folding), contemporary tree calf gilt, lightly rubbed, spine head and corners worn, a very good copy.

First edition, 4to, xii, 415, [vii] pp., engraved title vignette, 10 aquatint plates, including map, occasional stamps to text, else text and plates clean, attractive modern half calf gilt, a good copy.

First edition, 2 volumes, large folio (66.5 x 54 cm). Text volume with portrait frontispiece and vignette in gold to title, text a bit spotted as usual; atlas containing 48 double-page etched plates, proofs before letters, after Melling by Schroeder, Bertaux, Le Rouge, Pillement, Desaux, Dessaulx, Desmaisons, Duparc, Dequevauviller, Née, and others, and 3 maps; most plates with narrow band (typically 1 cm) of browning to outer margins, 2 plates with restoration to margins, 1 with restoration to engraved surface, contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards, vellum tips, rubbed.

First edition, 8vo, [20], 93 pp., engraved frontispiece portrait, 2 double-page engraved maps by Hollar, lacking final blank f., E4 with neat marginal repair, light damp-staining to first few ff., bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt, neatly and sympathetically rebacked.

First edition in English, 12mo, engraved frontispiece, without initial and final blanks, first and last few leaves toned at extremities, contemporary speckled sheep, lightly rubbed, small defect to head of spine, a very attractive example in original, unsophisticated state.