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VARTHEMA, Ludovico di. Ludovici Patritii Romani novum itinerarium Aethiopiae: Aegypti: utriusque Arabiae: Persidis: Siriae: ac Indiae: intra et extra Ganges.Milan : 1511]
Notably rare first Latin edition of Varthema's influential account of his undercover travel through the Ottoman Empire, Safavid Persia, and India, "one of the most remarkable travel books of the Renaissance" (Blackmer), a copy with significant provenance, from the library of the highly cultured imperial secretary Jacopo Bannisio, with his ownership... Learn More£150,000.00Stock Code: 142207
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BEHR, Johann von der. Diarium, oder Tage-Buch über dasjenige,Jena : 1668
First and only edition of this fascinating account of the East Indies and Persia by a German soldier in the service of the VOC. "Behr enlisted in 1641 and sailed to Batavia about two years later he went on to serve in Java, as well as with the fleet of Johann Maetsuycker on the Malabar Coast. Apart from a voyage to Persia, Behr spent four of his six... Learn More£6,750.00Stock Code: 141776
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TURKEY. Travels in European Turkey.Dublin : 1833
First edition of this scarce little book, presented here in a very nice example of a period trade binding. This is one of several travelogues issued by the Dublin publisher P. Dixon Hardy, either solely or as Bentham & Hardy; using a fictional framework, it gives a panorama of Turkish society, culture, and government.
The narrative centres around... Learn More£825.00Stock Code: 141646
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ATATÜRK - DENY, Jean. Souvenirs du Gâzi Moustafa Kemâl Pacha.Paris : 1927
First edition, an offprint from the Revue des Etudes Islamiques, decidedly scarce in commerce, and although well-represented institutionally, Library Hub cites only two copies in Britain (Cambridge and Eton). This is an early memoir of Atatürk, translated by Deny from the autobiographical anecdotes published in the government newspapers Milliyet and... Learn More£150.00Stock Code: 144804
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MARX, Karl; RIFAT, Haydar (trans.) Sermaye.Istanbul : 1933
First appearance in book form of Marx's Das Kapital in Turkish, being the first edition of Haydar Rifat's translation, and the first book-length translation (preceded only by Bohor Israel's summary translation in a 1912 journal).
The translation is of Gabriel Deville's abridgement of the first volume of Das Kapital, originally published in Paris... Learn More£4,500.00Stock Code: 143060
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MARX, Karl; RIFAT, Haydar (trans.) Sermaye.Istanbul : 1933
First appearance in book form of Marx's Das Kapital in Turkish, being the first edition of Haydar Rifat's translation, and the first book-length translation (preceded only by Bohor Israel's summary translation in a 1912 journal).
The translation is of Gabriel Deville's abridgement of the first volume of Das Kapital, originally published in Paris... Learn More£3,750.00Stock Code: 143061
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BEDFORD, Francis, & W. M. Thompson. The Holy Land, Egypt, Constantinople, Athens, etc. etc.London : [c. 1866-7]
First edition thus, notably scarce, comprising some superb views of Egypt (10), Palestine (23), Lebanon (8), Syria (1), Constantinople (3), and Athens (3). Francis Bedford (1815-1894), one of the most important photographers of the period, his work characterised by it "rich tonalities" (ODNB), was the first photographer to accompany a Royal Tour.
In... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 142282
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STRABO. De situ orbis.Venice : 1516
Editio princeps, that is, the first edition in the original Greek, of the first attempt at a unified treatise of geographical knowledge, which is "by far the most important source for ancient geography, a priceless document of the Augustan age, and a compendium of important material derived from lost authors" (Oxford Classical Dictionary, p. 1447).... Learn More£75,000.00Stock Code: 142408
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MARX, Karl; RIFAT, Haydar (trans.) Sermaye.Istanbul : 1933
First appearance in book form of Marx's Das Kapital in Turkish, being the first edition of Haydar Rifat's translation, and the first book-length translation (preceded only by Bohor Israel's summary translation in a 1912 journal).
The translation is from Gabriel Deville's French abridgement of the first volume of Das Kapital, originally published... Learn More£5,000.00Stock Code: 142650
