Grelot | Relation nouvelle d'un voyage de Constantinople, 1680 | Gilles, The Antiquities of Constantinople, 1729, 2 works

GREECE AND THE LEVANT, A PRIVATE LIBRARY, LOTS 157-213

CONSTANTINOPLE

Two works:

[Grelot, G.J.] Relation nouvelle d'un voyage de Constantinople. Paris: Pierre Rocolet, 1680, FIRST EDITION, 4to, 12 engraved plates (of 13), 9 folding, 4 engraved illustrations in text, modern vellum, spine decorated in gilt and colours, [Atabey 527; Blackmer 750], title backed (somewhat soiled and lacking a blank corner), lacking one plate (panorama 'Veue du Grand Serrail de Constantinople')

Gilles, P. The Antiquities of Constantinople (trans. John Ball). London: printed for the benefit of the translator, 1729, first English edition, 2 parts in one, 8vo, engraved title and 12 plates, a few folding, contemporary calf, [Atabey 498; Blackmer 688], somewhat rubbed, rebacked