Lot 35
  • 35

Ottoman Empire, works in German.

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of 10 volumes, comprising:
Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph von. Geschichte des Osmanischen Reiches. Pest: C.A. Hartleben, 1834-1835, 4 volumes, 8vo (210 x 127mm.), 8 engraved folding maps, original cloth, light spotting, boards slightly worn
Lucas, Paul. Reise nach der Levante... ober-Egypten [-Armenien, Persien, Turcken und Griechenland]. Hamburg: Thomas von Wiering, 1709, 2 volumes (bound together), title-pages printed in red and black; Ibid. Allerneueste Reise in Klein Asia und Africa. Hamburg: Thomas von Wiering, 1715, title-page printed in red and black; together 3 volumes (2 works) in one, 8vo (157 x 97mm.), contemporary vellum, lacking final leaf (index) of third work, title-page of first work detached, binding soiled
Venetianisch-Türckisches kriegs-theatrum: auff welchen vorgestellet wird die insel Corfu [-Zweyte eröffnung des Venetianisch-Türckisches kriegs-theatri]. Leipzig: [Johann Theodoro Boetio: for the] Boutique zum contoir-calender, 1716, 2 parts (of 3) in one volume, 4to (206 x 159mm.), engraved folding plate, engraved map and illustration on title-pages, recent half calf
Cantemir, Demetrie. Historich- geographisch- und politische Beschreibung der Moldau. Frankfurt and Leipzig, 1771, 8vo (197 x 121mm.), engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved folding map, later boards, light spotting 
Mikoscha, Joseph. Reise eines Polen durch die Moldau nach der Türken. Leipzig: Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius, 1793, 2 parts in one volume, 8vo (189 x 111mm.), contemporary boards
Schleimann, Heinrich. Orchomenos. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1881, 8vo (222 x 140mm.), 4 plates, illustrations, contemporary calf, lacking upper decorative endleaf
and one other (on Schleimann)

Condition

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