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Total number of records: 16

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Textiles2
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Brotherton Collection6
International Textile Collection2
Liddle Collection2
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1

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book auctions3
islam3
libraries3
livres3
armenian question1
eastern question1
inscriptions, greek1
inscriptions, latin1
world war, 1914-19181

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England3
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Greece2
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Italy1
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Knolles, Richard (1550?-1610)4
Atabey, Sefik E3
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)3
Rycaut, Sir Paul (1628-1700)3
Sotheby'S (Firm)3
Rycaut, Paul2
Savage, John2
Savage, John (1673-1747)2
Barrett, William1
Barrett, William (1624)1

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Crescent and iron cross

Benson, E F (1867-1940)

1918

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Twenty years in Baghdad and Syria : showing Germany's bid for the mastery of the East

Parfit, Joseph Thomas (1870-)

[1916]

"These articles originally appeared in 'The Evening News'" -- t.p. verso.

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A journey into Greece, by George Wheler Esq; in company of Dr Spon of Lyons : In six books.... : With variety of sculptures

Wheler, Sir George (1650-1723)

1682

Errata: p. [14] (preliminary sequence). Title within double line border. Numbers 81-176 omitted in paging. Contents: (from t.p.) I. A voyage from Venice to Constantinople. -- II. An account of C...

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Golden Horn

Yeats-Brown, Francis (1886-1944)

1932

A sketch of the political activities in Turkey from 1908 to the world war, and an account of the author's experiences as a prisoner of war of Turkey. This latter part (chap. V-XI) is a revision of the...

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hand towel
Textile

hand towel

197th century

This item is embroidered at each end with a border pattern composed of stylised flowers, foliate and leaf motifs. Stitch techniques used include double darning, satin stitch, fishbone stitch and doub...

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towel scarf
Textile

towel scarf

c. 1906

This item is embroidered at both ends with 25cm deep stylised carnation sprigs, symmetrically arranged on a central stem. The patterning techniques include double darning stitch, fishbone stitch and ...

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Macfie (Robert Andrew Scott), “Gypsies of Turkey”.

c.1928

1).Autograph manuscript of Macfie's book review of "The People of Turkey: Twenty Years' Residence Among Bulgarians, Greeks, Albanians, Turks, and Armenians - By a Consul's Daughter and Wife, "(author ...

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The Turkish history : comprehending the origin of that nation, and the growth of the Othoman empire, with the lives and conquests of their several kings and emperors (v.2)

Knolles, Richard (1550?-1610); Rycaut, Sir Paul (1628-1700); Savage, John (1673-1747)

1701

The preface is followed by "The history of the present state of the Ottoman Empire...In three books. By Sir Paul Ricaut, &c.", having separate title-page, signatures and pagination [70pp], and followe...

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The generall historie of the Turkes, from the first beginning of that nation to the rising of the Othoman familie: with all the notable expeditions of the Christian princes against them : Together with The lives and conqvests of the Othoman kings and emperours

Knolles, Richard (1550?-1610); Rowe, Sir Thomas (1581?-1644); Nabbes, Thomas (1605?-1645?)

1638

"A continvation of the Tvrkish historie, from the beginning of the yeare... 1620. vntill the ending of the yeare... 1628. Collected ovt of the papers and dispatches of Sir Thomas Rowe... And since by ...

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The Turkish history : comprehending the origin of that nation, and the growth of the Othoman empire, with the lives and conquests of their several kings and emperors (v.1)

Knolles, Richard (1550?-1610); Rycaut, Sir Paul (1628-1700); Savage, John (1673-1747)

1701

The preface is followed by "The history of the present state of the Ottoman Empire...In three books. By Sir Paul Ricaut, &c.", having separate title-page, signatures and pagination [70pp], and followe...

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The Turkish history : from the original of that nation, to the growth of the Ottoman empire : with the lives and conquests of their princes and emperors (v.1-2)

Knolles, Richard (1550?-1610); Rycaut, Sir Paul (1628-1700); Grimeston, Edward; Roe, Sir Thomas (1581?-1644); Manley, Sir Roger (1626?-1688)

1687-1700

Vol. 1 and the first part of v. 2 paged continuously; v. 1: 4 p.., 1-740 p.; v. 2: 1 p.., 741-990 p. The remainder of v. 2 has various pagings (2 p.., 1-338, [34], 104, [2]). Vol. 2 has title: The T...

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