Upcoming auctions
1 / 4

To modify your purchase order,
contact the auction house.

live November 20 | 02:00 PM
Gros & Delettrez

185 - [Arabia]. GUILLET DE SAINT-GEORGE, Georges

The reserve price is the minimum price accepted by the seller. Bidders cannot see this price. To win an item, you must place the highest bid and meet or exceed the reserve price.

Registrations are closed for this sale. You cannot place a bid.

The converted amounts are provided for informational purposes only. Only the currency determined for the sale by the auction house is binding. You can select a different currency by going to the "Preferences" page in your profile.

Fees including the auction house's fees and the platform's fees. For further details, please refer to the auction house's General Terms and Conditions of Sale.

Estimation

€300 - 400

Sale fees

30%

[Arabia]. GUILLET DE SAINT-GEORGE, Georges History of the Reign of Muhammad II, Emperor of the Turks. Paris: Denys Thierry and Claude Barbin, 1681. 2 volumes in-12, (3) ff., 510 pp., 2 pl. + 442 pp., (22) ff., 1 plate. Contemporary speckled fawn sheepskin, ribbed spine, gilt title, gilt floral panels, gilt roulette on the edges, speckled edges (scuffing, worn corners, cap missing from vol. 1, wormholes on the spine, tears on the map with a small loss at the fold, upper margin of the map short, foxing on a few pages). First edition of this biography of Sultan Mehmed II. Illustrated with 3 fold-out copperplate engravings in black, including a map of Mehmed II’s conquests, a plan of Christian Constantinople, and a view of the Sublime Porte.

Text translated by DeepL.
Only the original version is legally binding

Auction details

Travel Books, Atlases, and Maps
Friday, November 20
02:00 PM
22, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

Auction house

Gros & Delettrez +33 1 47 70 83 04 j.remaut@gros-delettrez.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 280,000 lots published

Delivery is optional. You can use the carrier of your choice. The stated price does not include the lot price or the auction house fees.

Delivery Options

Log in or create an account to learn more about your delivery options for this sale!