Seyahatname Evliya Çelebi

by Evliya Çelebi

$6,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

8 vols. 8vo. Original quarter leather and rose cloth boards; last two volumes in black cloth. Cloth faded, some traces of wear. Head of vol. 1 with loss, front board of vol. 2 detached. Overall about very good minus. Özege 5302; OCLC: 12942395. Item #372037 One of the greatest works of Ottoman literature and a monumental travelogue, the Seyahatnâme is the firsthand account of Evliya Çelebi’s travels from the 1630s to 1681.

• Binding: Hardcover

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