Feb 28, 2013 - Sale 2305

Sale 2305 - Lot 318

Price Realized: $ 840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
RYCAUT, PAUL, Sir. The History of the Turkish Empire from the Year 1623 to the Year 1677. [8], 89, [3], 336, [16] pages, including 4 full-page engraved portraits and one full-page illustration. Folio, 315x196 mm, contemporary calf, rebacked, joints starting at top, endpapers renewed; light dampstaining in upper margins through most of volume, occasional light marginal foxing. Early signature of Dr. Charleton Woodhouse on title; 18th-century ownership inscription on front flyleaf; bookplate removed. London: J. M. for John Starkey, 1680

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first edition. Pages 200-219 contain an account of the false messiah Shabbetai Tsvi. Wing R2406.