£693
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs ft. the Library of the Late William St Clair Pt II | 712
Auction: 28 September 2022 at 11:00 BST
pendant le gouvernement d'Ali-Pacha. Paris: J.-N. Barba, 1835. Second edition, 8vo, [iv], lxvi, xxxix, 415; lithographed portrait frontispiece, half-title, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, some spotting
Note: Rare. No copy of this edition recorded on ABPC. After the peace of Amiens in 1803 Cerfberr went to Constantinople and took service under Sultan Selim III as a colonel in the New Army, whereupon he adopted the name Ibrahim Mansur Effendi, converted to Islam and married a Turkish woman. In 1809 he returned to France after the revolt of the Janissaries; in 1813 he offered his services to Caimacam of Bosnia and afterwards to Ali Pasha.
Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.