Turkish Empire, Sr.Janvier. Copper engraved map, hand coloured c.1740. Size 44 x 30.5 cm, condition good. Price £220.00/$356.00. Click for info

From the period of the Conquest of the Byzantine Empire in 1453 to the Treaty of Sèvres in 1920, the Ottoman Empire consisted of European and Asian Turkey.

Turkey in Europe

Turkey in Europe consisted of 195,000 square miles of territories in the northern mediterranean and Balkans, with a population in 1820 of 8 million people. Its chief towns were as follows:
Constantinople, now called Istambul
Adrianople, on the banks of the Marissa
Sophia, on the banks of the River Bogana (now Bulgaria)
Belgrade, above the junction of the rivers Save and Danube (now Serbia)
Bucharest, on the river Dembrowitza which runs into the Danube (now Rumania)
Jassy, near lake Baklui
Thessalonika, now Salonika
Athens, now capital of Greece
Larissa, on the river Peneus, capital of Thessaly
Joannina, near Mount Pindus (once the residence of Ali Pasha)

Turkey in Asia

Turkey in Asia consisted of 494,290 square miles, encompassing most of what is now called the Middle East, with a population in 1820 of 12 million people. Its chief towns were as follows: Jerusalem, ancient capital of Judea (now Israel) Aleppo, on river Heylan (Armenia and Diarbekir) Damascus, on river Pharpar (Syria) Hamah, on the banks of the Orontes between Aleppo and Damascus. Baghdad, near the junction of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates (now Iraq) Erzerum, (Armenia) Angora Bursa, at the foot of mount Olympus Mosul, near the ancient Nineveh (now in Iraq)

Turkish dominions in Africa stretched from the frontiers of Tunis, along the western shore of the Red Sea to the frontier of Abysinia, inland to Tripoli, Fezzan, Barca,and Egypt. They also included sea ports on the coast of the Mediterean, such as Tyre, Sidon, Jaffa, Acre, Tripoli, Caesaria and Scanderoon.

In the Treaty of Sèvres, large chunks of Asia Minor were ceded to France, Italy and Greece. However the Turks, led by Kemal Pasha (later called Ata Turk) developed a new national spirit, and France and Italy decided to abandon their spheres and made peace in 1921. Soviet Russia made an alliance with Kemal. Only the Greeks, with promises of help, hung on until the massacre at Smyrna in 1922.

Selected Turkish maps currently in stock

Turkey in Asia. Lavoisne. Copper plate map, contemporary hand colour, with information on the Governments and Pachlics, and indicating the Battles and Sieges by a flag on the map. Published by J.Barfield 1828. 31 x 22.5 cm Condition good £54.00 / $88.00 Click for info Back to top

Constantinople and the Bosphorus. Showing the Fortifications of that Celebrated Channel, and also those of the Black Sea. Inset plan of the Mosque of St Sophia, and map of the Princes Islands. Steel engraved map from The London Printing and Publishing Company, circa 1850. 16 x 23 cm Condition good £40.00 / $65.00 Click for info Back to top

Turkey in Asia. Copper plate map,Contemporary coloured, detailed information, Published by C.Smith, Mapseller, Strand, Jan.6th 1816. 35 x 26 cm Condition very good £54.00 / $88.00 Click for info Back to top

Turkey in Europe, John Tallis, Decorative map with illustrations by H.Warren of The Bosphorus and Constantinople and more. Steel engraved map, hand coloured, drawn and engraved by J.Rapkin circa 1836. 33 x 25 cm Condition good £85.00 / $138.00 Click for info Back to top

Black Sea, Pont - Euxin. Copper plate engraving from The Voyage of Anacharsis, published by Ambroise Tardiou in c1800. 21 x 15 cm Condition very good £48.00 / $78.00 Click for info Back to top

Selected Turkish prints currently in stock

Fountain at Scutari, W.H.Bartlett, Steel engraving, hand coloured,1840. 18.5 x 12 cm Good condition £44.00 / $72.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Constantinople from Scutari, W.H.Bartlett. Steel engraving, hand-coloured, engraved by J.Cousen, circa 1840. 18 x 12.5 cm Good condition £40.00 / $65.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Mosque and Tomb of Suliman, from the Seraskier's Tower. W.H.Bartlett, Steel engraving, hand coloured, engraved by H.Adlard, circa 1850. 19 x 12.5 cm Good condition £40.00 / $65.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Views in Constantinople, The Golden Horn, The Mosque of Sultan Ahmed, The Seven Towers, and Leander's Tower. Engraving from Picturesque Europe circa 1880. 17 x 24 cm Good condition £32.00 / $52.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

New Palace of Sultan Mahmoud the 2nd. on the Bosphorus. T.Allom, Steel engraving, published by Fisher Son and Co. 1838. 19 x 12.5 cm Good condition £34.00 / $55.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Scene from above the New Palace of Beshik-Tash. W.H.Bartlett, steel engraving, hand coloured, engraved by R.Wallis, published by Geo.Virtue, circa 1840. 17.5 x 12 cm Good condition £40.00 / $65.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Fountain and Square of St.Sofia. W.H.Bartlett, steel engraving, engraved by T.Higham, circa 1840. 18 x 12 cm Good condition £40.00 / $65.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Straits of the Bosphorus. W.H.Bartlett, steel engraving, hand coloured, showing castles of Asia and Europe, engraved by C.K.Richardson, circa 1850. 17.5 x 12.5 cm Good condition £34.00 / $55.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Library of Raghib Pasha. (Bibliotheque) Lenaire, steel engraving circa 1850. 14.5 x 10 cm Good condition £34.00 / $55.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Birds-Eye view of the Straits of Kertch and Sea of Azoff. Hand coloured engraving with detailed named explanation of places, circa 1850. 19x 13 cm Good condition £34.00 / $55.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Antioch from the West. W.H.Bartlett, steel engraving, engraved by J.Jeavons, published by Fisher, 1836. 18.5 x 12.5 cm Good condition £30.00 / $48.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Tchernberle Tash, or Burnt Pillar. W,H.Bartlett, steel engraving, hand coloured, engraved by J.Carter, circa 1840 12 x 17 cm Good condition £38.00 / $62.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Aurub Bazaar, or Slave Market, Constantinople. T.Allom, Steel engraving, published by Fisher Son and Co. 1838. 18.5 x 13 cm Good condition £36.00 / $58.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Cistern of Bin-Veber-Direg, or the Thousand and One. Watern cisterns underneath Constantinople, W.H.Bartlett, steel engraving, hand coloured. c 1838. 18.5 x 12 cm Good condition £38.00 / $62.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Coffee Kiosque, on the Port. W.H.Bartlett, Steel engraving, showing smokers with the Hubbly Bubbly, engraved by H.Griffiths, published by Geo. Virtue c1840. 18.5 x 12.5 cm Good condition £36.00 / $58.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Castle of Boudron in the Gulf of Stancio. Luigi Meyer, Aquatint, published by R. Bowyer. Historic Gallery, Pall Mall 1803. 31 x 23.5 cm Good condition £180.00 / $292.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Petrified Cascade near Pamboukkalise. Leon Delaborde, steel engraving by E.Radcliffe, published circa 1840. 18 x 11.5 cm Good condition £34.00 / $55.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Kars. J.Ramage, steel engraving, showing the castle in background, engraved by J.Godfrey,published by William Mackenzie,circa 1860. 18.5 x 13 cm Good condition £34.00 / $55.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Konieh, Iconium. Laborde, steel engraving, published circa 1840. 18.5 x 13 cm Good condition £34.00 / $55.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Natives of Caria, a province of Anatolia. Drawn by W. H. Brown, copper plate engraving, engraved by W. Grainger, circa 1800. 20 x 14 cm Good condition £30.00 / $48.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Acropolis of Sardis. Lydian Sardis suffered a major catastrophe around the year 540 B.C. when the army of Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, destroyed the city. Steel engraving after T.Allom, who visited in 1838. Engraved by W.G.Watkins, The London Printing and Publishing Company circa 1850. 18.5 x 13 cm Good condition £32.00 / $52.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Acropolis of Pergamos. Pergamos was the capital city of the province of Asia mentioned in Revelation as one of the seven churches of Asia. T.Allom, steel engraving, published by Fisher circa 1840. 18.5 x 14 cm Good condition £34.00 / $55.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Smyrna. S. Davenport, steel engraving, published by Thomas Kelly circa 1850. 18.5 x 14 cm Good condition £34.00 / $55.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Levantines Kurds. Coloured engraving, Painted and engraved by the brothers Rouarque, circa 1850. 12 x 18 cm Good condition £36.00 / $58.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top