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Auction 1 · Lot 259

A Relation of a Journey...Containing a Description of the Turkish Empire, of Aegypt, of the Holy Land...

Estimate
$300–$400
Hammer price
$500

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

[SANDYS, GEORGE]

printer

[T. Cotes] for R. Allot

Place

London

Publication

1627

Description

Third edition. Four parts in one. Engraved architectural title page, small double-page engraved view of the Sergalio and numerous engraved illustrations in the text

references

Roehricht 923; Tobler 91; STC21728; Laor 681 and cf. Blackmer 1484

summary

An acount of a journey to the Levant in 1610 that first appeared in 1615 and was immediately well received.
Lightly stained; contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, sm. folio. Sold not subject to return
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