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| ORTELIUS, A. - 1) Natoliae,.. 2) Aegypti recentior.. 3) Carthaginis.. Antwerp, 1570-1609, Coloured.. 320x490mm. Good condition. Some light marginal browning. To the left a map of Turkey. Oriented with west at bottom. Right side of sheet contains a map of northern Egypt showing the Nile River delta, and a map the vicinity of Tunis with many oared ships in the sea.... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| MERIAN, M. - Constantinopolitanae urbis effigies ad vivum expressa, quam Turcae Stampoldam vocant. A° MDCXXXV. Frankfurt, 1635, Uncoloured.. 228x695mm. Some age-toning of the paper. One fold separated and underlaid. Dark and good impression. Large, decorative view of the city of Constantinople, with legend across the bottom. It is beautifully engraved with quaint scenes of everyday life, including hunters with their dogs in the near foreground. Across the Golden Horn the various palaces, mosques and principal buildings. Copper engr... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry). - Boluch Bassi Capitaine de Cent Janissaires. (6) Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650, Uncoloured.. 264x165mm. Paper slightly browned, small wormhole in the lower left margin. Sought-after copper engraved plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thomas Artus d'Embry, after Nicolas de Nicolay. The Athenian Laonikos Chalcocondyle who flourished in the mid-fifteenth century and died in abo... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry). - Solachi ou Solacler, Archer Ordinaire de la Garde du Grand Seigneur. (7) Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650, Uncoloured.. 273x170mm. Paper slightly browned, small wormhole in the lower left margin. Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thomas Artus d'Embry, after Nicolas de Nicolay. The Athenian Laonikos Chalcocondyle who flourished in the mid-fifteenth century and died ... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry). - Iannissaire ou Ianissarler Soudart a Pied de la Garde Ordinaire du Grand Seigneur. (8) Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650, Uncoloured.. 275x172mm. Paper slightly browned, small wormhole in the lower left margin. Sought-after copper engraved plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thomas Artus d'Embry, after Nicolas de Nicolay. The Athenian Laonikos Chalcocondyle who flourished in the mid-fifteenth century and died in abo... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry). - Iannissaire Allant à la Guerre. (9) Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650, Uncoloured.. 270x164mm. Paper slightly browned, small wormhole in the lower left margin. Sought-after copper engraved plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thomas Artus d'Embry, after Nicolas de Nicolay. The Athenian Laonikos Chalcocondyle who flourished in the mid-fifteenth century and died in abo... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry). - Azamoglan Rustique .(12) Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650, Uncoloured.. 271x170mm. Paper slightly browned and spotted. Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thomas Artus d'Embry, after Nicolas de Nicolay. The Athenian Laonikos Chalcocondyle who flourished in the mid-fifteenth century and died ... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry). - Habit et Manière ancienne des Peiches ou Laquais du Grand Seigneur. (14) Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650, Uncoloured.. 271x170mm. Paper slightly browned, few wormholes affecting the lower and left margin. Marginal spotting. Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thomas Artus d'Embry, after Nicolas de Nicolay. The Athenian Laonikos Chalcocondyle who flourished in the mid-fifteenth century and died ... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry). - Les Yurongnes. (18) Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650, Uncoloured.. 276x174mm. Paper slightly browned, few wormholes affecting the upper, lower and left margins. Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thomas Artus d'Embry, after Nicolas de Nicolay. The Athenian Laonikos Chalcocondyle who flourished in the mid-fifteenth century and died ... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry). - Torlaqui Religieux Turc. ( 25 ) Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650, Uncoloured.. 267x168mm. Paper slightly browned, few wormholes affecting the lower margin. Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thomas Artus d'Embry, after Nicolas de Nicolay. The Athenian Laonikos Chalcocondyle who flourished in the mid-fifteenth century and died ... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry). - (Grand dame Turque. 45) Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650, Uncoloured.. 270x168mm. Paper slightly browned, wormholes affecting the lower margin. Sought-after copper engraved plate of a woman from Turkey. Plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thomas Artus d'Embry, after Nicolas de Nicolay. The Athenian Laonikos Chalcocondyle who flourished in the mid-fif... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| GONSALES, A - Turckschemoniken die onder den goddelycken. . . Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673, Uncoloured.. 185x125mm. Good and dark impression. Paper slightly age toned. Decorative picture of three dervishes dancers. Their whirling dance, also known as the sema, is a serious religious ritual performed by Muslim priests in a prayer trance to Allah of this Turkish sect. The religious music for the dance of the dervishes was given by a large orchestra. The dance is per... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| MONDHARE - Vue du sperbe Temple de St.Sophie .. a Constantinople. Paris, 1800, In original colours.. 282x448mm. So-called optical print, good condition. A fanciful depiction of the Aya Sofya in Istanbul. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and London which produced optical viewing devices and special engravings to be viewed through them. In the 18th century, a type of |
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| ARROWSMITH,A. - A Map of the Environs of Constantinople Drawn from a great number of accurate astronomical & geographical manuscripts and printed documents, by A. Arrowsmith 1801 and 1804. London, No.10 Soho Square, 4th September 1804, In attractive strong original colours.. 1270x1590mm. Dissected into 48 sections on 4 sheets, laid on linen. Some very light water marks. Generally in good condition. Attractive original colouring. If joined 1270 x 1590 mm. Arrowsmith’s large and detailed map of the Ottoman Empire and the Black Sea, with Cyprus, Crete and the Greek Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina. By the beginning of the nineteenth century the Ottoman Empire had fallen some way from the lofty heights of 1683, when... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| RAFFET, A. - Infanterie Turque (chasseurs). 7 novembre 1837. Paris, Gihaut frères, 1848, In original colours.. 330x252mm. Lithography on heavy paper, finished by hand and gum Arabic. Wide margin, spotting in the margin. Beautiful lithography by Auguste Raffet (1804 -1860 ) and printed by Auguste Bry.... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| OLIVIER, E. - Plan de Constantinople, non compris ses faubourgs. Grave d'apres les documents du ministere de la Guerre par E. Olivier. Péra, Istanbul, 1851, Uncoloured.. 1480x1370mm. In 11 joined sheets. The paper is on foldings on several places separating, however with no paper loss. A very rare lithographic town-plan of Istanbul, Scale 98 yards to one inch., printed in Pera, Istanbul by E. Olivier. The ornate design on the top of the title is a tughra, which is a highly stylized and individualized signature (or monogram) of the reigning Ott... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| JACOMME et CIE. - (Untitled view from Scutari with a view of Constantinople) Paris, 1860, Lithography on tinted ground.. 410x570mm. Lithography on tinted grounds. Mint condition. Panoramic view from Scutari with a view of Constantinople in the distance, after a design by Johann Schranz. Published by J. Missiriè.... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| KIEPERT, H. - Carte générale de L'Empire Ottoman en Europe et en Asie dressée par Henri Kiepert . . . Berlin, Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, 1867, In original colours.. 892x1238mm. Lithographed folding wall map dissected in 16 segments and laid down on linen. Very good condition. Large School wall map of Turkish Empire printed in chromo-lithography. Published by Dieter Reimer and printed by Ferdind Barth in Berlin. This rare map has two insets in lower left corner "Prononciation" and "Explication de termes géographiques appartenant aux langues principales de l'orient e... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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