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[Wageman, Thomas Charles]. The Military Costume of Turkey; Illustrated by a Series of Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot. London, Thomas McLean, 1818. ; 1. Ed.
Erste Ausgabe. - "All but the frontispiece [are] aquatints [...] Although the artist is unknown the Preface states that 'the subjects which compose this selection have been furnished by the liberality of a gentleman who had stored his portfolio during his residence at Constantinople'" (Blackmer). Der Verfasser wird üblicherweise angegeben nach dem Stecher des Frontispizes, dem Londoner Maler Th. Ch. Wageman (um 1787-1863), Hofportraitist des Königs von Holland (vgl. Thieme/Becker 35, 22). Die Aquatinten sind jedoch zumeist signiert vom schottischen Maler und Stecher John Heaviside Clark (um 1771-1863), nach seiner beliebten Aquatinta-Folge des Schlachtfelds von Waterloo (1815 unmittelbar nach der Schlacht an Ort und Stelle aufgenommen) genannt "Waterloo-Clark" (vgl. Th./B. 7, 48). - Der prächtige Einband an den Ecken etwas bestoßen; die Kanten leicht berieben; der Hinterdeckel mit kl. Schabspuren. Am hinteren Innendeckel kopfüber das gest. herald. Exlibris des John Sweetland aus Teignmouth, Devon; am vorderen Innendeckel hs. Besitzvermerk seiner Tochter Matilda Grenfell, Gattin des englischen Konteradmirals Sidney Grenfell (1806-84), sowie gest. Exlibris "Mark Dineley". - Colas 2059. Lipperheide 2388. Abbey, Travel 373. Atabey 812. Vgl. Blackmer 1125. Nicht bei Auboyneau/Fevret.

(3) Bll., VIII SS., (30) Bll. Mit gest., kol. Frontispiz, gest., kol. Titel und 29 gest., kol. Tafeln. Prächtiger roter quergenarbter Maroquinband der Zeit mit vierfacher Deckelbordüre (zwei gold- und zwei blindgeprägte Bordüren), Steh- und Innenkantenvergoldung, goldgepr. Rückentitel und reicher ornamentaler Rückenvergoldung. Dreiseitiger Goldschnitt. Folio.

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[SW: Archaeology archaeological excavation excavations exploration explorations survey surveys geological anthropology anthropological geology archeology classical antiquity studies near far East Greece Greek Rome Roman Egypt medieval postmediaeval history p Ancient Near East Turkey Ottoman Empire Turks Middle East Byzantine Byzantium Constantinople Armenia Armenie] Bryer, Anthony / Winfield, David: The Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos. Dumbarton Oaks Studies Twenty. With Maps and Plans by Richard Anderson, and Drawings by June Winfield. Washington, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1985. Two volumes. Crown quarto. Text Volume: Pp. li, 394, set in double columns. With 125 maps, plans, and drawings. Plate Volume: xv. Plus about 300 plates with a total of 534 photographs. Plus 3 folded, coloured maps in near pocket. Hardcover, uniformly bound in the original publisher's full cloth, gilt lettering, spines gilt, with few damaged dust-jackets; ISBN 088402122X. Sehr gutes Exemplar <Bestellnr. 4066>

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New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations and Abridgments. Vol. I. London, Richard Phillips 1819,

23,5 x 14,5 cm, a folded card from the Artics regions formed the frontispice, XVI, VIII, 104 p., Fronti., IV, 112 p., Fronti., VIII, 108 p., IV, 100 p., IV, 80 p., 107 p., some engravings, folded maps, half - bound with red bucks, Index: Fisher's Voyage to the Arctic Regions.( Journal of a Voyage Discovers, to the Artic Regions, performed between the 4th of April and the 18th of November, 1818, in his Majesty's Ship Alexander, WM. Edw. Parry, Esq. Lieut. and Commander. By an Officer of the Alexander) - Prior's Voyage in the Indian Seas.( Narrative of a Voyage in the Indian Seas, in the Nisus Frigate, to the Cape of Good Hope, Isles of Bourbon, France, and Scychelles; to Madras; an the Isles of Java, St. Paul, and Amsterdam. During the Years 1810 and 1811.) - Dupin's Excursions among the Public Establishments of Great Britain. ( Two Excursions to the Ports of England, Scotland, and Ireland, in 1816, 1817, and 1818; with a description of the Breakwater at Plymouth, and of the Caledonia Canal) - Chateauvieux's Travels in Italy.( Travels in Italy, descriptive of the Rural Manners and Economy of that Country.) - Forbin's Travels in Greece and the Holy Land. ( Travels in Greece, Turkey, and the Holy Land. In 1817 ---18. ) - Fitzclarence's Journal from India to England. Analyses of seven new works of Voyages and Travels pub. During the last Six Months in Great Britain) - Bowdich's Mission to Ashantee. - Rose's Letters form Italy. - Macmichael's Journey from Moscow to Constantinople. - Hoare's Tour trough Italy and Sicily. ( p. 77 a draft outside the text) - Baillie's Tour trough France. - Russell's Tour trough Sicily. With all engravings and maps ( as good i see)

[KW: Voyage. Travels. Reisen. Artic. Europe. WM. Edward Parry. Indian Seas. Madras. Indien. Java. Amsterdam. James Prior. England. Scotland. Schottland. Ireland. Irland. Plymouth. Caledonia Canal.Italy. Italien. Frederick Lillin de Chateauvieux. Levant. Indien. Greece. Turkey. Count Forbin. Jordan. India. Ägypten. Egypt. Sicily. Sizillien. Deutschland. Germany. Switzerland. Schweiz. France. Frankreich. George Russell. Edward Bowdich. Herny Hallam. Sir Richard Colt Hoare. Marianne Baillie.]

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THE PORTFOLIO; A COLLECTION OF STATE PAPERS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE, HISTORICAL, DIPLOMATIC, AND COMMERCIAL VOL. VI. No. XLIII. - APRIL 22, 1837. London Shoberl Jun. 1837
Aus dem Inhalt: Despatch from M. de Minciaky to Count Nesselrode, dated Constantinople, February 6, 1827; - Instruction from M. de Minciaky to the First Interpreter of Russia at Constantinople, dated February 5, 1827; - Letter from "Daoud" to the Circassians; - Prospects of Greece; - Opinions of the "Portfolio" thereupon; - Remarkable Prophecy in a Work entiled "Turkey and its Resources," by Mr. Urquhart. London, 1833

Bd. 6, Nr. 43, 22. April 1837 8° 1 Bl., S. 87- 164 Interimsbroschur

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