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The Library of a Greek Bibliophile: Travel books, Aldines and an important Qur’an
24 June - 28 July 2020 • London
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1. Euripides. Tragoediae septendecim. Venice, Aldus, 1503. 2 volumes, contemporary bindings

2. Herodotus. Libri novem. Aldus, Venice, 1502. nineteenth-century calf gilt

3. Hesychius. Lexikon. Venice, Aldus, 1514. modern crushed morocco in period style

4. Hippocrates. Omnia opera. Venice, Aldus, 1526. modern snakeskin binding

5. Pausanias. Venice. Aldus, 1516. later vellum

6. Plato. Omnia Platonis opera. Venice, Aldus, 1513. modern pigskin, the Garden copy

7. Plutarchus. Opuscula moralia. Venice, Aldus, 1509. nineteenth-century red morocco gilt

8. Sophocles. Tragaediae septem. Venice, Aldus, 1502. later red morocco gilt

9. Strabo. De situ orbis. Venice, Aldus, 1516. later red morocco, Macclesfield copy

10. Suidas. Lexikon. Venice, Aldus, 1514. later calf

11. Thucydides. Venice, Aldus, 1502. eighteenth-century calf gilt
![Aeschylus. Tragoediae. [Geneva], Estienne, 1557. later red morocco gilt in the style of Roger Payne](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4670936/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1404x2000+0+0/resize/150x214!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F7f%2Fb5%2Ffe81b0e84ba0b5494fb59a30ca30%2Fl20422-bdsz4-2.jpg)
12. Aeschylus. Tragoediae. [Geneva], Estienne, 1557. later red morocco gilt in the style of Roger Payne
![Apollonius Rhodius. Argonauticon, [Geneva], Estienne, 1574. binding by Hatton of Manchester, Macclesfield copy](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d579076/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1427+0+0/resize/150x107!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F51%2F5d%2Fcd1522294513aa58c0f9a9024991%2Fl20422-bdsz5-1.jpg)
13. Apollonius Rhodius. Argonauticon, [Geneva], Estienne, 1574. binding by Hatton of Manchester, Macclesfield copy
![Appianus. Romanae historiae; Arrianus, De expedit. Alex. Magni, [Geneva], 1592 & 1575. modern half calf](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7215ac2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1368x2000+0+0/resize/150x219!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Ffe%2Fe9%2F58f542404628a64ee13a5b167fa6%2Fl20422-bdsz6-1.jpg)
14. Appianus. Romanae historiae; Arrianus, De expedit. Alex. Magni, [Geneva], 1592 & 1575. modern half calf

15. Archimedes. Opera omnia. Basel, 1544. later calf gilt

16. Aristophanes. Comoediae. Basel, 1547. modern crushed burgundy morocco gilt

17. Aristotle. Opera. Basel, 1550. later calf
![Estienne. Poetae Graeci principes. [Geneva], 1566. later calf](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c66454c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1538+0+0/resize/150x115!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F11%2F3a%2F334e6577421792de0a51f3915739%2Fl20422-bdv2x-2.jpg)
18. Estienne. Poetae Graeci principes. [Geneva], 1566. later calf

19. Euclid. Stoicheion bibl. ie. Basel, 1533. modern half calf

20. Julian. Opera quae supersunt omnia. Leipzig, 1696. contemporary vellum

21. Pindar. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia. Frankfurt, 1542. modern burgundy morocco gilt

22. Plato. Omnia opera. Basel, 1556. later calf
![Xenophon. Opera. Basel, Isengrin, [c. 1545]. 2 volumes, old vellum](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d230745/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1623+0+0/resize/150x122!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fa2%2F49%2F3376fd2640619a924a2ad5e1af75%2Fl20422-bdyc2-1.jpg)
23. Xenophon. Opera. Basel, Isengrin, [c. 1545]. 2 volumes, old vellum

24. Qur'an. copied by Ahmad al-Nayrizi, illuminated. Persia, Safavid and Qajar. 1122 AH/1710 AD

25. Firdausi. Shahnameh, copied by Muhammad Akram Kashmiri. North India, Kashmir. late 18th/early 19th century

26. Persian manuscript. 57ff, 10 full page miniatures. India. nineteenth-century

27. Barbier & Boylesve. Le carrosse aux deux lezards verts. Paris, 1921, green morocco

28. Bartholdy. Voyage en Grèce. 1807. 2 volumes, half calf, blue marbled boards

29. Belon. Les Observations de Plusieurs Singularitez & Choses Memorables, trouvees en Grece... 1555. calf

30. Blackwood. The Scutari, the Bosphorus and the Crimea. 1857. 2 volumes in one. modern half calf

31. Blouet. Expédition scientifique de Morée. 1831-1838. 3 volumes. modern red half morocco

32. Brondsted. Voyages dans la Grèce. 1826-1830. 2 volumes, folio, original boards

33. Chalcondylas. Histoire generale des turcs. 1662. 2 volumes, folio, calf

34. Chandler. Travels in Greece. 1776. contemporary tree calf

35. Choiseul-Gouffier. Voyage pittoresque de la Grèce. 1782-1809-1822. 2 volumes bound in 3. contemporary mottled calf

36. Cockerell. Temples of Jupiter Panhellenius at Aegina, and of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae, in Arcadia. 1860. half morocco
![[Coronelli]. Memorie istoriografiche de' Regni della Morea. [1686]. modern vellum](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/dda76b1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1623+0+0/resize/150x122!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F69%2F43%2Ff53aa9f547d69843f5eb8b0096f8%2Fl20422-bdxbt-1.jpg)
37. [Coronelli]. Memorie istoriografiche de' Regni della Morea. [1686]. modern vellum

38. Coronelli. Isola di Rodi. 1688. contemporary vellum
![Dalton. [Antiquities and views in Greece and Egypt. 1791]. contemporary half calf](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ef11f4d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1503+0+0/resize/150x113!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Ff6%2F79%2F8267b72a4db09160aa74cd278614%2Fl20422-bdxc2-1.jpg)
39. Dalton. [Antiquities and views in Greece and Egypt. 1791]. contemporary half calf
![[Dalvimart]. The Costume of Turkey. 1804, [plates watermarked 1819]. folio. red morocco gilt](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/10265c8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1503x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F48%2F5f%2Fb23d630448f299b8483944c73556%2Fl20422-bdxc3-1.jpg)
40. [Dalvimart]. The Costume of Turkey. 1804, [plates watermarked 1819]. folio. red morocco gilt

41. Dapper. Description exacte des isles de l'archipel. 1703. folio. contemporary speckled calf

42. Society of Dilettanti. The unedited antiquities of Attica. 1817. folio. nineteenth-century half morocco

43. Dodwell. A classical and topographical tour through Greece. 1819. 2 volumes in one. modern half calf

44. Dodwell. Views in Greece. 1821. folio. coloured plates. contemporary morocco

45. Dodwell. Views and Descriptions of Cyclopian, or, Pelasgic Remains, in Greece and Italy. 1834. folio

46. Drummond. Travels through different cities of... Greece. 1754. folio. modern calf

47. Dupre. Voyage a Athenes et a Constantinople. Paris, 1825. folio, colour plates, twentieth-century blue half morocco gilt
![Dubois Maisonneuve. Introduction à l'étude des vases antiques. 1817-[1834]. folio, green morocco by Selenka](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2b15250/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1500+0+0/resize/150x113!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F67%2F2f%2F255c142f417ea3adb3598fec4b13%2Fl20422-bdxcg-3.jpg)
48. Dubois Maisonneuve. Introduction à l'étude des vases antiques. 1817-[1834]. folio, green morocco by Selenka