Sandys (George). Travailes ... a History of the the Turkish Empire, 6th edition, 1658, & others
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Sandys (George). Sandys Travailes: containing a History of the Original and Present State of the Turkish Empire ... the Mahometan Religion and Cermonies ... Constantinople ... Greece ... Egypt ... The Holy Land ... Italy ... and the Islands adjoyning; as Cyprus, Crete, Malta ... and other Places of Note, 6th edition, London: John Sweeting, 1658, engraved additional title-page, folding view of Istanbul, numerous engravings in the letterpress (including views, plans, costume, and antiquities), moderately browned, occasional staining, a few leaves slightly brittle and frayed along edges, repaired closed tears in gutter of engraved and letterpress titles and to inner fold of map, contemporary ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper (of which a large portion torn away), rear free endpaper excised, contemporary blind-ruled calf, front board detached, folio in 6s (29 x 19 cm), together with:
Rycaut (Paul), The History of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire, 5th edition ('corrected and enlarged by the author'), London: by T. N. for Joanna Brome, 1682, 12 engraved plates, 17 full-page engravings in text, all depicting Ottoman costume, browning, leaves B6-8 chipped in lower margins, engraved bookplate of the earls of Harcourt, contemporary calf, covers detached, 8vo (18 x 11.5 cm),
[Bancks, John], The History of the Life and Reign of the Czar Peter the Great, Emperor of all Russia, and Father of his Country, 1st edition, London: J. Hodges, 1740, engraved portrait frontispiece, toning, bookplate of John Hunter (d.1821) of The Hermitage, Hexham, contemporary calf, worn, 8vo (16.6 x 9.6 cm),
Baronio (Cesare), Discours de l'origine des Russiens, et de leur miraculeuse conversion: et de quelques actes memorables de leurs rois ... traduict en françois du latin par Marc Lescarbot, 1st edition, Paris: Claude Morel, 1599, part 2 only (without part 1: 'Discours véritable de la réunion des Eglises d'Alexandrie & de Russie à la saincte Eglise catholique'), pp. [2] 59-101 [1], headlines trimmed, 18th-century marbled boards, small 8vo (15 x 9.5 cm), and 1 other (Wilkinson, Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, 1837-41, 4 volumes only, of 6)
(Qty: 8)
Provenance (Sandys): Sir Bindon Blood (1842-1940), British army officer (bookplate; pencilled ownership inscription dated 1920 to title-page).
ESTC R1082 (Sandys), R33568 (Rycaut: four copies in UK libraries), T88910 (Banks: four copies in UK libraries); Wing S678 (Sandys), R2403 (Rycaut); cf. Blackmer 1484 for Sandys, 1621 edition ('at that time the most elaborately illustrated English book on the Levant').
Four copies of Baronio's work traced in libraries world-wide on OCLC.
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Sold for £1,300
Sandys (George). Sandys Travailes: containing a History of the Original and Present State of the Turkish Empire ... the Mahometan Religion and Cermonies ... Constantinople ... Greece ... Egypt ... The Holy Land ... Italy ... and the Islands adjoyning; as Cyprus, Crete, Malta ... and other Places of Note, 6th edition, London: John Sweeting, 1658, engraved additional title-page, folding view of Istanbul, numerous engravings in the letterpress (including views, plans, costume, and antiquities), moderately browned, occasional staining, a few leaves slightly brittle and frayed along edges, repaired closed tears in gutter of engraved and letterpress titles and to inner fold of map, contemporary ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper (of which a large portion torn away), rear free endpaper excised, contemporary blind-ruled calf, front board detached, folio in 6s (29 x 19 cm), together with:
Rycaut (Paul), The History of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire, 5th edition ('corrected and enlarged by the author'), London: by T. N. for Joanna Brome, 1682, 12 engraved plates, 17 full-page engravings in text, all depicting Ottoman costume, browning, leaves B6-8 chipped in lower margins, engraved bookplate of the earls of Harcourt, contemporary calf, covers detached, 8vo (18 x 11.5 cm),
[Bancks, John], The History of the Life and Reign of the Czar Peter the Great, Emperor of all Russia, and Father of his Country, 1st edition, London: J. Hodges, 1740, engraved portrait frontispiece, toning, bookplate of John Hunter (d.1821) of The Hermitage, Hexham, contemporary calf, worn, 8vo (16.6 x 9.6 cm),
Baronio (Cesare), Discours de l'origine des Russiens, et de leur miraculeuse conversion: et de quelques actes memorables de leurs rois ... traduict en françois du latin par Marc Lescarbot, 1st edition, Paris: Claude Morel, 1599, part 2 only (without part 1: 'Discours véritable de la réunion des Eglises d'Alexandrie & de Russie à la saincte Eglise catholique'), pp. [2] 59-101 [1], headlines trimmed, 18th-century marbled boards, small 8vo (15 x 9.5 cm), and 1 other (Wilkinson, Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, 1837-41, 4 volumes only, of 6)
(Qty: 8)
Provenance (Sandys): Sir Bindon Blood (1842-1940), British army officer (bookplate; pencilled ownership inscription dated 1920 to title-page).
ESTC R1082 (Sandys), R33568 (Rycaut: four copies in UK libraries), T88910 (Banks: four copies in UK libraries); Wing S678 (Sandys), R2403 (Rycaut); cf. Blackmer 1484 for Sandys, 1621 edition ('at that time the most elaborately illustrated English book on the Levant').
Four copies of Baronio's work traced in libraries world-wide on OCLC.
