¶ Hommaire de Hell — Voyage en Turquie et en Perse (1854–60)

Hommaire de Hell, Xavier. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse. 5 vols. Paris: P. Bertrand, 1854–60.

Illustrated. Note on endpaper: “Presentation copy from author, but not to Morris as stated in sale catalogue.”

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 604 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £3 10s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores Orient. Topog. 2241).

References: MS catalogue (2), nos. 323 and 853. [It is not clear whether Morris owned two copies of the book or one book was entered twice in the catalogue.]

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¶ Campbell — Handy book on the Eastern Question (1876)

Campbell, Sir George. A handy book on the Eastern Question, being a very recent view of Turkey. London: John Murray, 1876.

Provenance: Morris. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 245.

¶ Nicolay — Les navigations (1576)

Nicolay, Nicolas de. Les navigations, peregrinations et voyages faicts en la Turquie. Antwerp: Guillaume Silvius, 1576.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 689 (sold to Henry Wellcome for 9s.). — Wellcome Library [deaccessioned]. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 501 (“lacks title”).

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¶ Knolles — Generall historie of the Turkes (1638)

Knolles, Richard. The generall historie of the Turkes, from the first beginning of that nation to the rising of the Othoman familie. 5th ed. [London]: printed by Adam Islip, 1638.

Provenance: Henry Hibbert. — M.B. (possibly Hibbert’s daughter Mary). — Earl of Clare. —Clare sale, Sotheby, 31 January 1881). — Morris (purchased for £1 11d. 6d.). — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 741 (sold to Cotton for £3 3s.). — Francis Kettaneh. — Henry Blackmer. — Blackmer sale, Sotheby (London), 11–13 October 1889, lot 165. — Christie (New York), 7 June 2000, lot 110 (sold for $13,431). — Arcadian Library, London.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 51b (£1). — ESTC (S112920). — MS catalogue (2), no. 450 (with three X’s beside the title.). — Giles Mandelbrote and Willem de Bruijn, eds., The Arcadian Library: Bindings and Provenance (Oxford: Arcadian Library in association with Oxford University Press, 2014), pp. 64, 67.

Digital version: EEBO.

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