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PRINTED BOOKS INCLUDING THE LEIPZIG COLLECTION OF FINE BINDINGS AND AUDUBON'S BIRDS OF AMERICA.
Catalogue of an auction held at Christie's in November 1997. The Leipzig Exhibition in 1914 included examples of bookbinding by Robert Rivière and Son. It only ran for a few weeks before the outbreak of the Great War when the books were hidden in the cellars of the museum where they remained for five years. When they were finally located after the armistice and returned to the owner, it was with great joy that they were discovered to still be in pristine condition. Also included in this sale were works by Audubon, Shakespeare, Melville, Galsworthy, and others. With eleven color and twenty-five black-and-white plates. Acquisition date stamped on front cover.
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GRAMMAIRE TURKE: PRÉCÉDÉE D'UN DISCOURS PRÉLIMINAIRE SUR ...
by Davids, Arthur Lumley
First edition of the French translation done by Sarah Davids. A grammar of the Turkish language with a preliminary discourse and Ottoman Turkish excerpts with translations. In the discourse, Davids (1811-1832) argues that the Turks are a separate, honorable, and intelligent race with a beautiful and complex language. Davids' writings were translated into Turkish in 1851, and the historian Bernard Lewis writes that this book, "made the Turks imagine themselves as having a distinct nationality and independence." Also contains five lithographs illustrating excerpts from ancient and modern Turkish texts by the early English lithographer Joseph Netherclift. (see Twyman, Early Lithographed Bookspages 236-239). Netherclift had been producing lithographic work in London since around 1820, and as Twyman states became "the leading producer of lithographed facsimiles in Britain," until he was succeeded by his son in 1855. Multiple tables with French, phonetic Turkish pronunciation, and Turkish script. Wear to head and tail of spine with some small holes to rear hinge. Minor discoloration to boards.
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