Lot 106
  • 106

Greece and Turkey and environs.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of 43 volumes, most in French, six in Greek, including:
  • paper
Tott, Baron de. Mémoires... sur les Turcs et les Tartares. Amsterdam, 1785, 3 vol., 8vo, half-titles, original wrappers bound in
Fauriel, C. Chants populaires de la Grèce moderne. Paris: Dondey-Dupré, 1824-1825, 2 volumes, original wrappers bound in, [Droulia 507 & 707]
Soutzo, P. Odes d'un jeune Grec. Paris: Emler, 1828, [Droulia 1584], spotted
Beaujour, F. de. Voyage militaire dans l'empire othoman. Paris: Didot &c., 1829, 2 volumes, original wrappers bound in, [Droulia 1804-5], lacking maps, slightly dampstained
Colson, F. De l'état présent et de l'avenir des principautés de Moldavie et de Valachie. Paris: Pougin, 1839, folding map and tables, slightly browned and spotted
Wordsworth, C. La Grèce. Paris: Curmer, 1841, plates and maps, plates rather spotted and browned
Beulé, E. L'Acropole d'Athènes. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1853-1854, 2 volumes, a few plates, prize bindings, slight spotting
Bogdanovitch, E. La bataille de Navarin (1827) d'après les documents inédits des archive impériales russes. Paris: Charpentier, no date, binding slightly worn 
Sturdza, A.A.C. La terre et la race roumaines. Paris: Rothschild, 1904, illustrations
Fesch, P. Constantinople aux derniers jours d'Abdul-Hamid. Paris: Rivière, [1907], number 1 of 10 copies on japon, illustrations
Blancard, T. Les Mavroyéni. Paris: Leroux, 1909, 2 vol., illustrations



together 17 volumes, 8vo or 12mo, full or half leather bindings (the first 4 and last 2 modern), generally good condition; and 26 others (list available), all but 2 in modern half leather bindings; sold as a collection, not subject to return (43)

Condition

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