September Online Auction (Sale #352)
Lot 284:
Paul Rycaut
Rycaut’s ‘The History of the Turks’ 1700 Edition Leather Bound Book
First edition, published by Robert Clavell and Abel Roper, London, 1700, engraved frontispiece portrait of Paul Rycaut (British, 1629-1700) and (3) full page engraved portraits of Hungarian and Turkish adversaries, folio, full calf having raised bands and title label on gilt-stamped spine
Provenance: From the collection of Mary Kay O’Brien Weintraub (University of Chicago, Professor, History of Western Civilization) and Karl Weintraub (University of Chicago, Thomas E. Donnelley Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in History)
Property from: an Estate, Chicago (Hyde Park) Illinois
Height: 15 1/2 inches, Width: 10 inches, Depth: 2 inches
Disclaimers: individual pages have not all been inspected
Category: Collectibles > Books
Estimated Sale Time: 12:58 pm CST
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Last modified: August 31, 2026, 7:42 pm
Condition report:
overall moderate wear consistent with normal use, splits to leather at hinges, scuffs, wear-through at corners, spine label legible, text block square and solid, front free end paper lost, binding tape visible at front hinge (two blank pages before frontispiece could supply a repair), rear free end paper glued down to board, book likely recased, moderate edge toning to preliminary pages from leather (also at rear), light edge toning throughout, some creases to end papers, occasional light smudges, no inscriptions, names, marginalia noted
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