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WALPOLE, Robert. Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, and other countries of the East; edited from manuscript journals. 2nd edition. - Travels in various countries of the East; being a continuation of Memoirs ... London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818-20.2 volumes. 4to. Contemporary half calf (skilfully rebacked with the original spines laid down), spines gilt. With 7 engraved maps and 20 engraved plates (11 folding). XXII,615; XXI,(1),603,8 pp. Volume I second and best edition with some new material; volume II first and only edition; with armorial bookplate of Jolliffe. - Walpole travelled in Greece for some time between 1803 and 1808. He decided not only to publish his own notes, but also those of like-minded people. The contributors include Morritt, J.D. Carlyle, Philip Hunt, the botanist Sibthorp, the future Prime Minister Lord Aberdeen, the geologist John Hawkins and others whose works are to be found only here. The Travels are a sequel to his Memoirs. Again source material is to be found here which does not occur elsewhere. The contributors include Leake, Robert Cockerell, William Wilkens, with a continuation of the excerpts from Sibthorp's botanical researches in Greece and W.G. Browne's account of a journey through Asia Minor, as well important material by John Hawkins (Atabey p. 695-696). Four of the folding plates form a panorama of Athens by William Haygarth. - Some spotting otherwise a very fine set.Blackmer Collection 1762 and 1763; Atabey Collection 1310-1311; Contominas Collection 781-782: valuable collection; Weber 60 and 97 [Boeknr.: 19883 ]

€ 2450,00

WALSH. Explorations en Normandie: Rouen. Rouen, E. le Grand, 1835.Original printed wrappers. VII,592 pp. [Boeknr.: 9774 ]

€ 65,00

WARHAFFTIGE NEW ZEITTUNG / von dem Türcke/ welliche eyn gefangner Türck zü Wien/ auff die Fragstuck/ so hierin begriffen/ geantwort. (No pl., 1532).4to. In cloth box. With large woodcut depicting a Turkish warrior. (4) lvs. 'Die Befragung besteht aus 35 Fragen und Antworten. Man versucht durch Hilfe alle möglichern Fragen, Näheres über die Stärke und Pläne des türkischen Sultan zu ermittlen. Über die Büchsen und andere Gewehre, die Zahl des Kriegsvolkes, der Gegfangene und die Schiffe, die Zahl andere Vöolker beim türkischen Heer, die Krantheit bei den Türken, die Pläne des Sultans etc. sind die Gefangenen befragt worden. (�)' (Akpinar Dellal, p 184 - 186)Very rare questionnaire with fine large woodcut. Apponyi 254. [Boeknr.: 35266 ]

€ 3250,00

WEALE, B.L. Putnam (Bertram Lenox SIMPSON). Manchu and Moscovite. Being letters from Manchuria written during the autumn of 1903. London, Macmillan and Co., 1904. Original red cloth. With many photographic plates (map missing). XX,552 pp. First edition. - With an historical sketch entitled 'Prologue to the crisis' giving a complete account of the Manchurian frontiers from the earliest days and the growth and final meeting of the Russian and Chinese empires in the Amur Regions'. [Boeknr.: 25154 ]

€ 35,00

(WEDEL, Georg Wolfgang). Abdruck einer gewissen Muthmassung de Fatis Turcarum, e fastis sacris ervutis, schon vor einigen Jahren mit einigen beruehmten seel. Theologis communiciret/ bishero aber mit vielen andern, und zu allerunterthaenigsten Glückwunsch 1716. d.30. Maii an den Kayserlichen Hoff geschicket.(Und) Continuation des Abdrucks einer gewissen Muthmassung de fatis Turcarum �. Jena, Krebs, 1716 - 17172 volumes in 1. 4to. Marbvled wrappers. (2; 4) lvs Georg Wolfgang Wedel (1645-1721). Seltsame deutung aus der Offenbarung Johannis und andere Prophezeiungen auf Kaiser Karl VI und die Kamphe mit den Türken als dem Antichristen. Die schrift verstand sich als guten Auspicium zur Geburt des enoch im selben Jahr verstorbenen Thronfolger Leopold. Den eigentliche Anlass gab aber wohl der 1716 vorn Prinz Eugen begonnene und 1718 siegreich geendete Türkenkrieg. Georg Wolfgang Wedel (1645 - 1721) attended between 1656-61 the famous school in Schulpforta with a scholarship from the Elector of Saxony. In 1662 he entered the University of Jena, where he studied philosophy and especially medicine. In 1667 he qualified for his medical license and in 1669 took his M.D. while practicing medicine in Gotha. His affiliation was Lutheran and published on alchemy. Wedel was an extremely productive author. In 1673 he assumed the chair of anatomy, surgery, and botany at the University of Jena. Later he assumed the chair of theoretical medicine. Wedel was Rector of the university some ten times. In 1679 he became the personal physician to the Duke of Weimar, and in 1685 to the Prince of Saxony. [Boeknr.: 29663 ]

€ 1500,00

WEIGEL, Erhard. Grundmässige Aufflösung des militar-Problematis, warum doch der Türck den Christen nunmehr weichen müsse ? Dessen Ursach uns versichert, dass ingleichen auch die andern Aggressores der Friedliebenden unter denen Christen künfftig eben also diesen weichen werden müssen. Jena, Johann Bielcken, 1689.4to. Marbled wrappers. ( 24) lvs. Keine Militärwissenschaftliche, vielmehr eine pädogogische Programmschrift. Der Mathematiker und Universalgelehhrte Erhard Weigel, Lehrer von Leibniz, nutzte jeden Anlass, um seine pädagogischen Reformideeen zu propagandieren. Hier ist es die Türckengefahr: das Wesen des Menschen sei die Vernunft. Diese zeige, dass Frieden nützlicher als Krieg sei. Das Wesen des türkischen Staates aber sei aggressiever Expansionsdrang. Insofern der türkische Staat damit in Widerspruch zur menschliche Natur stehe, könne es zwar vorübergehend, nicht aber auf Dauer Erfolg haben. Für das Westenkomme es darauf an, das vernunftmässige Wesen des Menschen zu pflegen und zu enthalten. (�) Noch im selben Jahr eröffnete Weigel die nach seinem Plänen konzipierte �Kunst- und Jugendschule�. [Boeknr.: 28414 ]

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WEISS, M.Ch. L'Espagne depuis le règne de Philippe II jusqu'a l'avénement des Bourbons. Paris, Hachette, 1844.2 volumes. Original printed wrapppers. VIII,442; 408 pp. [Boeknr.: 10229 ]

€ 55,00

DIE WEITBERUHMTE UND WOHL AUSGEBAUETE TÜRCKISCHE BAD-STUBE, so vor Wienn 1683 ist geheitzet worden. (No. pl., ca. 1683.)4to. Old red paper spine. (4,2) lvs. Sturminger 692. [Boeknr.: 35304 ]

€ 695,00

WEST, Rebecca. Black lamb and grey falcon. The record of a journey through Yugoslavia in 1937. London, Macmillan & Co., 1943.2 volumes. Original cloth, with dust-jackets. With 32 photographic plates. XI,653; VII,586 pp. 'Rebecca West has based a work that is half a picturesque travel book, half a serious study of the tangled history of the South Slav peopes, and its relation to the destiny of Europe'. - A fine set. [Boeknr.: 36688 ]

€ 275,00

WICHMANN, Yrjö. Wotjakische Sprachproben. Im Auftrage der Finnisch-Urgrischen Gesellschaft. Helsingfors, 1893-1901. 2 volumes. Original printed wrappers. XX,199; IV,200 pp. Journal de la Societé Finne-Ougrienne. - The Wotjaken live in the Russian Republic Udmurtien. Volume I: Lieder, Gebete und Zaubersprüche; Volume II: Sprichwörter, Rätsel, Märchen, Sagen und Erzählungen. Parallel Votyak and German texts. [Boeknr.: 31747 ]

€ 65,00

WINDHAM, Charles. The Crimean Diary and letters of Lieut.-General Sir Charles Ash Windham, with observations upon his services during the Indian mutiny and an introduction by Sir William Howard Russell. The whole edited by Major Hugh Pearse. London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1897.Original decorated cloth (spine faded), top edge gilt. With engraved portrait. X,272 pp. First edition. - Sir Charles Ash Windham (1810 - 1870) was a British Army officer and Liberal Party politician. Promoted colonel on 20 June 1854, Windham was assistant quartermaster-general of the 4th Division in Crimea and was present, but saw little action, at the battles of Alma River, Balaklava, and Inkerman. He was outspoken in his criticism of laggard British military leadership in the Crimea. Given command of the assault on the Great Redan at Sevastopol on 8 Sept. 1855, he personally rode back to ask for reinforcements after suffering heavy losses, but a retreat had been ordered. He was criticized by soldiers for his conduct but made a popular hero by William Howard Russell, correspondent of the Times, for having �saved the honour of the army. With preface by Charles Windham jr. and an introductory chapter by W.H. Russell, famous for his reports on The Crimean War for Times Newspaper. [Boeknr.: 35205 ]

€ 95,00

WITTMAN, William. Travels in Turkey, Asia-Minor, Syria, and across the desert into Egypt during the years 1799, 1800, and 1801, in company with the Turkish army, and the British military mission. To which are annexed, observations on the plague, and on the diseases prevalent in Turkey, and a meteorological journal. London, for Richard Phillips by T. Gillet, 1803.4to. Contemporary calf (rubbed; rebacked), with green morocco lables on spine. With folding frontispiece, folding map, folding facsimile (Turkish passport; with tear, foxed), hand-coloured plan, 4 engraved plates (foxed) and 16 hand-coloured military and civilian lithographed costume plates. XVI,595 pp. First edition; with armorial bookplate of Mrs. Hamilton Nisbet. - Wittmann, a surgeon and physician, accompanied the British military mission which set out from Constantinople in 1799 and travelled overland to Egypt to take part in the campaign against the French. Others on the same mission included the young Joseph Hammer, later to become known as the great orientalist von Hammer-Purgstall, and William Stratton (Koç Collection 182). With fine handcoloured costume plates. Blackmer Collection 1832; Atabey Collection 1344; Contominas Collection 807; Lipperheide p.340 (German ed.); Tobler p.136/37; Weber 647; Ibrahim-Hilmy II,p 339; not in Abbey. [Boeknr.: 9325 ]

€ 1850,00

WOLDER, Simon. Türkischer Untergang, oder Rähtliches Bedencken Kayserl. May. Ferdinando dem Ersten, glorwürdigster Gedächten, Anno 1558 übergeben: welcher Gestalt .. der Gross-Türke .. zu Wasser und zu Land zu überziehen, und mit Hülfe des unüberwindlichen Gottes, zu überwinden wäre .. Aufs neue übersehen und an vielen Orten gebessert. (No pl.), 1664.4to. Wrappers. With engraved frontispiece (trimmed). In cloth box. 27 lvs. New enlarged edition, first published with the title 'New Türckenbüchlin, 1558. - Emperor Leopold I had achieved by his personal presence at the Reichstag in Regensburg in 1663, that the German princes would united fight against the Turcs. The author makes clear on the title-page, that for 'a good cause' 'leichtlich an Volck etlich hundert tausend Mann und an Geld viel Millionen Gold aufzubringen wären'. The prayer on the frontispiece goes as follows ... Gib den Christen Buss und Eintracht, zu des Christen-Feindes Noth/ Mach ihn deine Gottheit kennen, oder schlag ihn bald zu Todt. - (Age-browned).Hohenemser 5920; Cf. Göllner 988. [Boeknr.: 18601 ]

€ 950,00

ZADEH, Kemal Pascha. Histoire de la Campagne de Mohacz de Suleiman. Avec la traduction francaise et des notes par M. Pavet de Courteille. Paris, l�Imprimerie Impériale, 1859.8vo. Original printed wrappers, uncut. VII,199,(166) pp. L'histoire de la campagne de Mohacz due à la plume de Kemal Pacha Zadeh est rédigée avec beaucoup d'élégance. Ses appréciations sur la situation politique de l'Europe vis-à-vis de l'Empire Ottoman peuvent ne pas flatter notre amour-propre. Mais à ne faut pas oublier qu'au XVIe siècle la Turquie était une puissance réellement colossale, contre laquelle aucune des puissances occidentale n'était en état de lutter. Quant au reproche de fanatisme que l'on pourrait se croire en droit d'adresser à l'historien, il n'est personne qui ignore qu'à cette époque les écrivains chrétiens étaient loin de donner aux musulmans l'exemple de l'impartialité et de la modération. (Preface) [Boeknr.: 35265 ]

€ 600,00

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