Description:
Beauvoisins, Joseph-Eugene (fl. circa 1800) Notice sur la Cour du Grand-Seigneur, son Serail, son Harem, la Famille du Sang Imperial, sa Maison Militaire, etc. Paris: Chez Gabriel Waree, 1809. Fourth edition, octavo, 167 pages, bound in contemporary marbled boards with gold-tooled leather spine (chipped with loss at head, ex libris Harvard surgeon and pioneering doctor in sports medicine, Augustus Thorndike, with his bookplate, 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.
Estimate $100-150
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Keywords
Augustus Thorndike, Gabriel Waree, Harem, Cour du Grand-Seigneur, Sang Imperial, ParisJohn Dorfman
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