[Turkey]. - Lot 88

[Turkey]. Lot of 8 books on trade and laws. - LAW]. OTTOMAN CONSTITUTION promulgated on 7 zilhidjé 1293 (December 11/23, 1876). Constantinople, Typographie et Lithographie Centrales, 1876. In-4, 28 pp. paperback (spine covers worn and torn, browning). One of the very first editions in French, and probably the first to appear in isolation, of this seminal text for the history of modern Turkey. -REGLEMENT de la Chancellerie du Ministère Impérial du Commerce. Constantinople, Imprimerie Centrale, 1868. In-8, 10 pp. with tables, paperback, mute cover (tears at one corner). Booklet. -TURKISH CUSTOMS TARIFF, agreed on December 5, 1862, in the joint commission set up ad hoc by the French Embassy and the Ottoman Porte and establishing import duties on goods of French and Swiss origin, as well as export duties on articles of Ottoman origin. Preceded by the trade treaty concluded between France and Turkey on April 29, 1861. Constantinople, typogr. de H. Cayol, 1862. In-8, XI-100 pp. (unbound, spine worn, sustained brown spots). Important document for the history of trade, published by the French Embassy, consisting of tables with the description of goods in French and Persian; introduction in French, conclusion in French and Persian. - CONTRACT for the construction of quays and accessories in the roadstead of Smyrna. [Smyrne], Imprimerie de l'Impartial, [1867]. In-8, [8] pp. paperback (cover worn, st. russ. Marq89ue of fold in two). Details of the contract between the Société des Quais de Smyrne and Dussaud frères, public works contractors. -NORADOUGHIAN (Gabriel). Recueil d'actes internationaux de l'Empire Ottoman... recueillis et publiés par... Paris, F. Pichon ; Leipzig, Breitkopf et Haertel ; Neuchâtel, Attinger, 1897-1902. 3 volumes in-8, paperback (minor defects to covers). T.1. 1300-1789. - T.2. 1789-1856. - T.3. 1856-1878. Uncut copy. -RÉGLA, Paul de (pseud de Paul Desjardins). Les Bas-fonds de Constantinople. Paris, Tresse & Stock, 1892. In-12, [3] ff. XVIII-400 pp. Modern blue cloth, smooth spine, red title page, date stamped on tail. Second edition. Signature on title page. -GILLES (Pierre). De Constantinopoleos topographia lib. IV. Leiden, Elzevier, 1632. In-24, 422 pp. (including engraved title), [3] ff. (index). Contemporary brown basane, smooth spine (upper board missing, binding worn, freckles). The title page is illustrated with a perspective view of Constantinople. - WASSA. Reflections on legislation in Turkey. By P. Wassa Effendi. Constantinople, Typgr. et Litho. Centrales, 1869. In-8, 36 pp. paperback (small tear in upper cover, corners bent in margin). Ex libris in red pencil on false-title and title "Sabry".