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14 - [Turkey] MEHMED EFENDI (Yirmisekiz Çelebi). Relation de l'am…
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Estimate €200 - €300
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[Turkey] MEHMED EFENDI (Yirmisekiz Çelebi). Relation de l'ambassade de Mehemet-Effendi à la Cour de France, en 1721, écrite par lui-même et traduite du Turc. Constantinople ; Paris, Ganeau, 1757. One volume in-12, marbled basane, spine ribbed and decorated. (2) ff., XII, 233 pp. First edition translated from Ottoman Turkish by Julien-Claude Galland of this famous account of the embassy sent by Sultan Ahmed III to Louis XV. Written by Yirmisekiz Çelebi Mehmed Efendi (1680-1732), Ottoman ambassador to Paris between 1720 and 1721, this account helped to change the Ottoman Empire's image of Europeans in terms of culture, lifestyle and literature. The copy in the Bibliothèque nationale de France is unusual in that it has an engraved portrait of the author on the frontispiece.
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About the sale Sale of antique and modern books, including hunting and riding libraries
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Auction time 06/30/2026 at 2:00 PM
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