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Near and Middle East—Sotheby's Collection of Sotheby’s single-owner catalogues of the Blackmer, Aboussouan, Atabey, Hopkirk, Burrell and other collections, together with a copy of the Sefik Atabey Collection bibliography. 1989-2016 24 volumes, 4to and folio, all illustrated, many in colour, the majority with price lists, original bindings (see footnote for a list) Over the past thirty years Sotheby’s has been the foremost auctioneer of books, maps and manuscripts relating to the Near and Middle East with most of the significant collections having passed through these rooms. The collection includes: 1. The Library of Henry Myron Blackmer II. 1989, plain and coloured illustrations, price list, original cloth2. Books and Maps, comprising the Library of the late Panos Gratsos. 1990, plain and coloured illustrations, price list, original pictorial wrappers, slightly worn3. The Library of Camille Aboussouan. 1993, coloured and plain illustrations, price list, original cloth4. The Library of a Gentleman [Christopher Tower]. Travel and Natural History Books, many relating to the Near and Middle East. 1997, plain and coloured illustrations, original pictorial wrappers5. Printed Books and Maps of the Near and Middle East, including the Library of Cyrus Ghani. 1997, plain illustrations, original pictorial wrappers6. The Library of Peter Hopkirk. Books on Central Asia, the Balkans and the Middle East. 1998, plain illustrations, price list, original pictorial wrappers7. Another copy, number 11 of 12 hardback copies signed by Peter Hopkirk, original boards8. The Holy Land & Middle East. The Library of a Gentleman and Maps from the Laor Collection. 1999, plain illustrations, original pictorial wrappers9. The Library of Robert Michael Burrell. Books on the Middle East. 1999, plain illustrations (a few coloured), price list, original wrappers10. The Ottoman World. The Library of Sefik. E. Atabey. 2002, 3 vol., plain and coloured illustrations, price list, original pictorial wrappers, slipcase11. The Library of a Gentleman: Travel Books of the Middle East, Central Asia & elsewhere. 2005, coloured illustrations, price list, original wrappers12. Greece and the Levant. A Private Library. 2008, coloured illustrations, price list, original pictorial wrappers13. Fine Travel and Plate Books. A Private Collection. 2013, coloured illustrations, price list, original pictorial wrappers14. The Library of Mohamed and Margaret Makiya. 2016, coloured illustrations, original pictorial wrappers And 6 others with significant collections on the subject WITH: Navari, L. The Sefik E. Atabey Collection. [Bibliography of] Books, Manuscripts and Maps. The Ottoman World. 1998, 2 volumes, coloured illustrations, original publisher's hardback bindingCondition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The