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Warhafftige Conterfettung der Turckischen Armata von Galleen und andern Schiffen Dreihundert wie solche dess 1570 Jars in Ordnunge wider die Venedische Lendt ist aussgefahren
Nuremberg 1571. Engraving printed on two sheets of laid paper joined. Engraver's monogram at the lower left. Early manuscript caption in English in the lower margin. Plate mark: 11 x 16 inches. Sheet size: 14 5/8 x 18 3/8 inches. Tear extending from the right margin closed with small void in excellent facsimile small worm hole within the image. Very rare German news-sheet map depicting the Turkish fleet invasion of Cyprus in 1570.<br/> <br/>Exceptionally scarce engraved German broadside map depicting the Ottoman fleet sailing to Venetian-controlled Cyprus in 1570. The early English manuscript caption in ink just below image reads: "The representation of the Turkish Navall Army in ye year 1570 going forth to meet the Venetian fleet." Cyprus then under Venetian rule was a strategic point for controlling shipping and trade in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Ottomans ruled by Sultan Selim II had long desired the island. Following a series of warnings and demands the Ottoman fleet commanded by Müezzinzade Ali Pasha and Lala Mustafa Pasha sailed for Cyprus in late June 1570. Depicted here the Turkish fleet was composed of an estimated 350-400 ships and upwards of 100000 men. Following sieges and massacres at Nicosia Kyrenia and Famagusta the island was taken by August 1571. Although the invasion was long-heralded the Venetian fleet failed to prevent the invasion or the subsequent fall of Cyprus to the Turks. However they subsequently raised the support of the "Holy League" of the Catholic maritime states in the Mediterranean and defeated the Ottoman fleet at the Battle of Lepanto in October 1571 off the western coast of Greece. The victory of the Holy League prevented the Ottoman Empire expanding further along the European side of the Mediterranean though did not end their possession of Cyprus. Jenichen who signed the map with his monogram 'BI' was the leading German publisher of news-sheet maps. Jenichen and compatriot Matthias Zündt took particular interest in the conflict and produced views and maps of it that equaled and surpassed those of their Italian counterparts. Given their ephemeral nature all are rare and desirable. We can locate only one other example of this engraving appearing at auction in recent times Sotheby's London 29 April 2014 lot 157 £60000.<br/> <br/>Hollstein XL B 128; G.K. Nagler Die Monogrammisten v. 1 p. 818-819; Andresen II Nr. 276; Drugulin II 364; s.a. Meurer Jenichen S. 50. unknown books
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Ottoman Manuscript
Bena'yi Hadratlari Diwani Cover title Manuscript Book of Verse
Istanbul 1570. Text in Ottoman Turkish and Persian mostly in double columns. Ornamental headpiece. Nastaliq in black and red on colored leaves ruled in black and in gold. 39 ff. Dated on last leaf. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Red leather with gilt mandorlas with floral motif tooled in blind. Collectors' stamps on first and last leaves: Hilmi Hassan Tahsin 1306 1888; 'Uthman bin Hassan Tahsin and two others. Some staining. Text in Ottoman Turkish and Persian mostly in double columns. Ornamental headpiece. Nastaliq in black and red on colored leaves ruled in black and in gold. 39 ff. Dated on last leaf. 1 vols. Large 8vo. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 311740
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OTTOMAN
Ottoman Empire in Drawings
Istanbul: Historical Research 1987. hardcover. near fine. 67 full page plates. 156pp. thin 4to blue cloth. Istanbul: The Historical Research Foundation 1987. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> Historical Research unknown books
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RAILROADSNSyria Ottoman Railway Co. Huss George M.
Syrian Letters
Oakland Ca.: De Witt & Snelling 1894. . 12mo navy-blue cloth; title in gilt on front cover. Bookseller's ticket of De Witt & Snelling on front pastedown and bookplate of Henry Byron Phillips tipped in on top of the bookseller's ticket lower outer corners slightly bumped; a very few leaves with minor dog-earing INSCRIBED by Huss on the title to a Montgomery Gibbs and dated Dec 22nd 1894. Two holdings found in OCLC: Northwestern University Library and the National Library of Israel. On this record the place of publication is given as England. DeWitt & Snelling was a bookseller and occasional-publisher in Oakland California. The company was owned by James F. Snelling and Frederic M. DeWitt. The New York Public has a group of catalogues running from 1905-1913. From the ÒNoteÓ at the beginning of the volume: ÒIn 1893 Mr. Willliam Townsend Mr. George Townsend and I contracted with the Syria Ottoman Railway Co of London to build a railway from Acre and Haifa on the Mediterranean coast to Damascus. During a trip made to Syria with Mr. George Townsend the following letters were written." Very colorful and evocative descriptions of life and scenery of the region. [Oakland, Ca.: De Witt & Snelling, 1894]. hardcover books
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Durdent, J.-R
Beautés de l'histoire de Turquie.
Paris, Eymery, 1816. 8°. 415 S. Mit Kupfertafeln. Broschur der Zeit. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, A
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Türkei. Hrsg. von der Generaldirektion der Presse, des Rundfunks und des Fremdenverkehrs der Türkischen Republik.
(Istanbul, Klisecilik ve Matbaacilik T. A. S. (, ohne Jahr (ca. 1958). 4° (28,5 x 23,5 cm). 3 Bl., 174 s/w (brauntönigen) Fototafeln und 6 Zwischentitel. Orig.-Halbleinenband mit goldgeprägtem, grünen Leinenrücken und orangefarbigen Deckeln. Illustrierte Vorsatzpapiere., 7065ab|7065ab 3|7065ab 4 [3 Warenabbildungen] (Album of pictures - Album de photographie - Photo Einband leicht angestaubt, Kanten etw. berieben.
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Petsopoulos, Yanni (Hrsg.)
Iznik. The pottery of Ottoman Turkey.
London, Alexandria Press in association with Laurence King, 1994. 4°. 37 x 27 cm. 384 Seiten. Original-Leinenband mit farbig illustriertem Original-Schutzumschlag. [2 Warenabbildungen]
Bookseller reference : 4009FB ISBN : 1856690547
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Jorga, Nicolae
Geschichte des Osmanischen Reiches. Nach den Quellen dargestellt von Nicolae Jorga. Erster Band: Bis 1451. Zweiter Band: Bis 1538. Dritter Band: Bis 1640. Vierter Band: Bis 1774. Fünfter Band: Bis 1912. Fünf Bände (komplett).
Frankfurt am Main, Eichborn Verlag, 1990. 8°. 22,5 cm. 486, 453, 479, 512, 633, XV Seiten. Leinenbände mit goldgeprägten Rückentiteln.
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Taylor, Roderick
Ottoman embroidery. With line drawings by Antony Maitland.
Wesel, Uta Hülsey, 1993. 224 S., mit zahlr. farb. Illustr., graph Darst. 4°, OPb., OSu.
Bookseller reference : 24324
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Pinkwart, Doris und Elisabeth Steiner
Bergama çuvallari. Die Schmucksäcke der Yürüken Nordwestanatoliens. Stammesgeschichte, Musterrepertoire, Bestimmungshilfe.
Wesel, Uta Hülsey, 1991. Text dt. u. engl. 128, 18 S., 43 Farbtaf. 4°, OBrosch., OSu.
Bookseller reference : 24340
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Rollin, Charles
Carta per servire all'intelligenza della Storia degli Assiri, Medi Babilonesi e Persi (Naher Osten, Osmanisches Reich).
Florenz, Giuseppe Galletti, 1828. Kupferstich. Blattgröße: 42,5 x 50,5 cm, Druckspiegel: 29 x 43,5 cm. [2 Warenabbildungen]
Bookseller reference : 12889
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Hammer, Joseph von
Geschichte des osmanischen Reiches, gr0ßentheils aus bisher unbenützten Handschriften und Archiven. 4 Bände (komplett). 1. Band: Von der Gründung des osmanischen Reiches bis zum Tode Selim's I. 1300 - 1520. Mit zwey Karten. 2. Band: Vom Regierungsantritte Suleiman des Ersten bis zur zweyten Entthronung Mustafa des Ersten. 1520 - 1623. Mit zwey Karten. 3. Band: Vom Regierungsantritte Murad des Vierten bis zum Frieden von Carlowicz. 1623 - 1699. Mit zwey Karten. 4. Band: Vom Carlowiczer Frieden bis zum Frieden von Kainardsche. 1699 - 1774. Mit zwey Karten und dem Plane von Constantinopel.
Pesth, C. A. Hartleben's Verlag, 1834. 8°. 18,5 cm. 820 (4), 867 (5), 952 (8) und 933 (7) Seiten. Halblederbände . [5 Warenabbildungen] (= Veröffentlichungen der Hammer-Purgstall-Gesellschaft. Herausgegeben von Franz Sauer. Reihe A. Werke I. Band 1-10).
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COLONEL LAMOUCHE
Histoire de la Turquie. Depuis les origines jusqua nos jours. Preface by Rene Pinon.
Librairie Payot, Paris, 1953. 442 p. 8° , Halbleinen
Bookseller reference : 143839
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Petsopoulos, Yanni
Tulips, Arabesques and Turbans: Decorative Arts from the Ottoman Empire
Abbeville, New York 1982. 223 pages, 155 colour and 90 b/w illustrations, mit Schutzumschlag gebundene Ausgabe, Hardcover/Pappeinband, Exemplar in gutem Erhaltungszustand
Bookseller reference : 58026
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Tekin, Caner
Debating Turkey in Europe : identities and concepts. [1. Auflage]
Berlin : De Gruyter Oldenbourg [2020]. VIII, 271 Seiten ; 24 cm, 514 g Festeinband, gebundene Ausgabe, Hardcover/Pappeinband, Exemplar in sehr gutem Erhaltungszustand, Neupreis in Euro: 89,95
Bookseller reference : 49014
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Ülker, Muammer
Baslangictan Günümüze Türk hat sanati: The Art of Turkish Calligraphy from the Beginning up to Present. Parallel texts in English, Turkish, Arabic.- no. 277 (Art series, no. 40) First edition, limited to 3,500 copies,
Verlag: Ankara, Türkiye Is Bankasi Kültür Yayinlari / Türkiye Is Bankasi Cultural Publications, 1987. Pp. 361, mit farbigen Abb., 29 cm, mit Schutzumschlag gebundene Ausgabe, Hardcover/Pappeinband, Buch hat etwas Kellergeruch, sonst Exemplar in gutem Erhaltungszustand
Bookseller reference : 27821
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Neale, Frederick Arthur
Turkey and the Turks; or, historical sketches of the rise, progress and present condition of the Ottoman Empire. 2 Teile in einem Band.
London, James Madden, (1854). 8°. Mit 4 kolor. lithogr. Kostümtafeln. XVI, 365; 315 S., Blauer blind- u. goldgepr. OLwd.-Bd. m. dreiseitigem Goldschnitt.
Bookseller reference : 50856
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Simsir, Bilal N ed
Documents diplomatiques ottomans : affaires arm?niennes. 1, 1886-1893. (=Publications de la Soci?t? turque d'histoire. S?rie VII ; no. 85)
Ankara, Impr. de la Soci?t? turque d'histoire, 1985. original soft cover, large 8vo,cli, 580 p., a good copy
Bookseller reference : GC10-032
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Kondis, Basil
Greece and Albania. 1908-1914 (=Institute for Balkan Studies ; No 167) (=Zugl.: New York, Diss.)
Thessaloniki, Inst. for Balkan Studies, 1976. original cloth binding, gr.-8?, 151 pages, Includes index ; a very good copy
Bookseller reference : GC10-470
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Benoist-méchin
Le loup et le léopard. Mustapha Kemal ou la mort d'un empire. Ibn Séoud ou la naissance d'un royaume.
Club Des Éditeurs, Paris 1959. Kunstleder Tadellos
Bookseller reference : 026812
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Cellarius, Christoph
Landkarte des antiken Thrakien / Thrazien (Griechenland, Bulgarien, Türkei, Thracia Antiqua).
Leipzig, Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, 1731. Kupferstich. Blattgröße: 23,5 x 35 cm, Druckspiegel: 21 x 30,7 cm
Bookseller reference : 11488
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Mentelle, Edme
Choix de lectures geographiques et historiques, presentees dans l'ordre qui a paru le plus propre a faciliter l'etude de la geographie de l'Asie, de l'Afrique et de l'Amerique. Precede d'un abrege de geographie, avec des cartes. Dedie a Madame la Comtesse de B***.
Paris, Chez l'Auteur, Hotel de Mayence, 1783. VI, 172, XXIV, 235 Seiten und 6 kolorierte, mehrfach gefaltete Karten, 31 x 24 cm (Mappe monde, l'Europe, Asie, Afrique, Amerique septentrionale, Amerique meridionale). Privater Halbleinenband., mentelle Tome premier. Buchblock gelockert.
Bookseller reference : 7849BB
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Makridi, Theodor
Une citadelle archaique du Pont. Fouilles du Musée Impérial Ottoman par Th. Macridy-Bey. Mit 17 Tafeln. (= Mitteilungen der Vorderasiatischen Gesellschaft. 1907. 4. / 12. Jahrgang).
Berlin: Wolf Peiser 1907. 9 Seiten; mit 17 (überwiegend photographischen) Abbildungen auf Tafeln. 8° (17,5-22,5 cm). Orig.-Broschur. [Softcover / Paperback].
Bookseller reference : 1077170
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Kara Mustafa vor Wien. Das türkische Tagebuch der Belagerung Wiens 1683. verfaßt vom Zeremonienmeister der Hohen Pforte. Übersetzt, eingeleitet und erklärt von Richard F. Kreutel.
Graz, Wien, Köln, Styria (1955). 194 S., OKart. m. OU., berieb., bestoß., OU. m. kl. Randrissen, Schnitt leicht verstaubt u. abgegriff. (= Osmanische Geschichtsschreiber Bd. II).
Bookseller reference : HIST0142
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Naha Vekaleti Karayollari Umum Müdürlügü tarafindan hazirlanmistir
Karte Der Türkei 1 : 1.000.000 .
, 1955. Hartkarton - Mappe Sehr gut
Bookseller reference : 008837
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Merry Ottin, preface by Jacques Benoist-Mechin
Land of Emperors and Sultans. The forgotten cultures of Asia Minor.
Souvenir Press, London 1964. Leinen Sehr gut
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BIBLE; Ottoman
Kitabü'l Ahdü'l Atik "The Old Testament";
Paris: Darü't T baatü'l Mülkiyyeü'l Mamure 1827. The Old and New Testament in Ottoman Turkish First Ottoman Turkish edition of the Old and New Testaments together funded by the British and Foreign Bible Society and based on the translation made by Ali Ufki Bey d. 1675 an influential agent for European diplomats in 17th-century Turkey. We have only traced four institutional copies. Unusually the Ottoman text is fully vocalized. Ali Ufki Bey christened Wojchiech Bobowski was known in Europe as Albertus Bobovius. After his enslavement by the Tartars in the Ukraine he was forcibly converted to Islam and brought to Istanbul where he worked in the Ottoman palace for over two decades. The editor the famous Turcologist Jean-Daniel Kieffer d. 1833 had published a standalone Turkish edition of the New Testament in 1819 always with the British and Foreign Bible Society. Kieffer's starting point was Ali Ufki Bey's Ottoman Turkish text revised according to critical comments on the first edition of his New Testament. Kieffer also compared the Ottoman text "with the original texts as well as with the standard English French and German versions. W. Seaman's Nogai New Testament of 1666 T. Erpenius' Arabic version H. Martyn's Persian version H. Brunton's Nogai New Testament of 1813 and with the London Polyglot. On crucial questions he had the advice of Baron Silvestre de Sacy" Darlow & Moule. The present edition was printed in 5000 copies on the presses of the Louvre hence the "Royal Printing House" imprint. The same binding - arguably a publisher's binding - is found on another copy of this edition. 2 vols in one large quarto 257 x 222 mm pp. ii 984; ii 3 i 318. Titles within double typographical ruling. Contemporary Ottoman Turkish brown sheep blind stamped to a panel design arabesque cornerpieces on inner corners large arabesque centrepieces flat spine triple blind ruled gilt lettered title. 20th-century inked and pencilled Ottoman Turkish annotations on pastedowns and first title. Spine and extremities refurbished boards a bit rubbed contents slightly toned but overall clean a little light marginal water staining along outer edge of initial gatherings: a very good copy. Darlow & Moule 9456. hardcover
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PACHA Valentine Baker Lieut-General Imperial Ottoman Army 1827-1887
War in Bulgaria: A Narrative of Personal Experiences. Vol 1 of 2 only
London : Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street.: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1879. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In dark blue half morocco over cream paper boards c1988 a few small marks. Spine raised bands gilt tooling & title. Internally lacking title - supplied in facsimile 3 iv-xxxii 1 2-360 pp 3 maps large folding & coloured marbled endpapers & text block edges some faint edge browning. A clever binding by the previous owner. A rare item with only 2 copies at auction since 1895! none online! 217136 mm. <br/> <br/> Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 008227
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ORDER AND COMPROMISE: GOVERNMENT PRACTICES IN TURKEY FROM THE LATE OTTOMAN EMPIRE TO THE EARLY 21ST CENTURY -
Order and Compromise: Government Practices in Turkey From the Late Ottoman Empire to the Early 21st Century
like new. unknown
Bookseller reference : 23198268 ISBN : 9004289798 9789004289796
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ORDER AND COMPROMISE: GOVERNMENT PRACTICES IN TURKEY FROM THE LATE OTTOMAN EMPIRE TO THE EARLY 21ST CENTURY -
Order and Compromise: Government Practices in Turkey From the Late Ottoman Empire to the Early 21st Century
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Bookseller reference : 23198268-n ISBN : 9004289798 9789004289796
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Klaus Ottoman
Joan Snyder: .and seeking the sublime
Nielson Gallery Boston Massachusetts 2008. 4to. 40 pp. Soft Cover. Very Good. Some stains on back cover. Color Plates. Scarce.Provenance: From the estate of Gerald Nordland 1927-2019. Nordland was a museum director art critic educator and author.Dean of the Chouinard Art Institute 1960-64 Director of the San Francisco Museum of Art now SFMoMA 1966-73 Milwaukee Art Museum 1977-85 and the UCLA Wight Art Gallery 1973-1977. He is the author of over 60 publications including books on Lachaise Nakian Diebenkorn and Frank Lloyd Wright. Nielson Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 2008 paperback
Bookseller reference : 69-0525
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Vergennes, Charles Gravier de (Ambassadeur de France dans l'Empire ottoman 1755 – 1768)
Letter from Charles Gravier comte de Vergennes to Dominique Salzani. Original.
Constantinople: 13 Janvier 1758. Folio. 4 pp. 37 x 24 cm. Als with letterhead and wax seal. Sa défense réussie des intérêts français à la cour de Trèves et Hanovre entre 1751 et 1754 l'amène à être envoyé à Constantinople en 1755 d'abord en tant que ministre plénipotentiaire puis en tant qu'ambassadeur. Il y reste 14 ans et se convainc de l'impérieuse nécessité du maintien de l'empire ottoman pour la défense des intérêts français.Provenance:Maurice Léon SALZANI. Born 9 September 1896 - Bournabat Bornova İzmir TURQUIE; Deceased 13 January 1971 - Crosville-la-Vieille 27110 Eure Haute-Normandie FRANCE aged 74 years old. Residence in the 1960s; Grosville-la-Vieille Le Neubourg Eure. .Agent Général de laCompagnie des Messageries Martimes 72-75 Fenchurch St. London EC3; Président. Comité de la Croix-Rouge Française de Ceylan; Agent Consulare de France à Madras. Constantinople: 13 Janvier 1758 unknown
Bookseller reference : 16-4815
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Ottoman Bank; Intercontinental Hotels
Holy Land Ephemera: Map Of The Holy City and a brochure from Ottoman Bank.
Jerusalem Israel: Greek Convent Press ca. 1955. Folded Card 9.5 x 16.8 cm Very Good. Scarce. Jerusalem, Israel: Greek Convent Press, [ca. 1955]. unknown
Bookseller reference : 68-2877
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[OTTOMAN EMPIRE].
Collection of treaty articles relating to commercial transactions of subjects of the Austrian state in the Ottoman Empire. Avusturya devleti tebaasinin Memalik-i Osmaniyede ticaretlerine ait mevadd-i ahdiyye mecmuasidir.
Vienna 1846. Large 8vo. Dar tiba al-imberaturiyy k. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Contemporary green morocco with a fore-edge flap gold-stamped boards with an oriental design gilt edges. Printed in black with red headings within printed gilt rules. Illuminated head-piece and unwan printed in three colours and gilt in imitation of manuscript illumination. Gilt tail-piece. 88 pp. The full text of 19 trade treaties in Ottoman Turkish throughout closed between the Roman/Austrian and the Ottoman Empire between 1110/1699 Peace of Karlovac and 1259/1844. An Italian-language edition had appeared in 1844 "Raccolta dei Trattati e delle principali convenzioni concernanti il commercio e la navigazione dei sudditi Austriaci negli Stati della Porta Ottomana".Occasional insignificant foxing; altogether very well preserved. A splendidly bound copy.l Zenker BO II 805. hardcover
Bookseller reference : JBDBKGMJ1PXZ
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[OTTOMAN EMPIRE - TREATY ARTICLES].
Collection of treaty articles relating to commercial transactions of subjects of the Austrian state in the Ottoman Empire. Avusturya devleti tebaasinin Memalik-i Osmaniyede ticaretlerine ait mevadd-i ahdiyye mecmuasidir.
Vienna: Dar tiba al-imberaturiyy k. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei 1846. Contemporary green morocco binding with fore-edge flap covers giltstamped with an oriental design. All edges gilt. Large 8vo. Printed in black with red headings within printed gilt rules. Illuminated head-piece and unwan printed in three colours and gilt in imitation of manuscript illumination. Gilt tail-piece. With: Raccolta dei trattati e delle principali convenzioni concernanti il commercio e la navigazione dei sudditi Austriaci negli Stati della Porta Ottomana. Vienna Dar tiba al-imberaturiyy k. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei 1844. The full text of 19 trade treaties in Ottoman Turkish throughout closed between the Austrian and the Ottoman Empire between 1110/1699 Peace of Karlovac and 1259/1844. Bound in the same volume is the 1844 Italianlanguage edition containing the texts of the various treaties in their respective original European language with an Italian translation on the opposite pages.Ownership "C Fr Jelinek 1855" signed to endpaper. The Turkish text shows occasional insignificant foxing as common; altogether very well preserved. A splendidly bound copy.l Zenker BO II 805. Dar tiba al-imberaturiyy (k. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei), unknown
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OTTOMAN QUR'AN COPIED IN BULGARIA
An illuminated Qur'an copied by Isma'il Najib Shumen Bulgaria.
Ottoman Empire dated 1266 AH/1849-50 AD. Arabic manuscript on paper 308 leaves plus 4 fly-leaves 15 lines to the page written in naskh in black ink verses separated by gold and polychrome illuminated rosettes within gold and black rules hizb sajda and juz' marked by illuminated floral marginal devices surah headings in white thuluth on gold and polychrome illuminated panels f.1b and 2a illuminated in gold and polychrome with rococo floral decoration against a gold ground pin-pricked with cintamani motifs the colophon within similarly illuminated panels in Ottoman gilt dark brown leather binding with flap with fitted box. Text panel: 8 by 5.1cm. Leaf: 12.5 by 8.2cm. Isma'il Najib is recorded as a pupil of Ahmed Zarifi and teacher to Tentene-zade Seyyid Hasan Vehbi Stanley 2009 p.248. Further Qur'ans by the scribe have sold in Christie's London 26 April 2018 lot 177; 26 October 2017 lot 229 and 12 October 1978 lot 7 and another was sold at Sotheby's London 21 November 1985 lot 390. The latter example is illuminated in a very similar manner to the present lot in a fully Rococo style unlike the typical Shumen style of illumination. In the 19th century one of the most important places of Ottoman manuscript production was Shumen a strategically-important fortress in what is today Bulgaria. Tim Stanley and Süheyl Ünver have independently worked on the corpus of manuscripts there identifying more than fifty Qur'anic scribes from the town apparently divisble into three groups according to their original teacher: Seyyid Mehmed Nuri Ahmed Zarifi and Ahmed Nazifi Tim Stanley The Decorated Word volume II. Oxford 2009 p.226. By the 1850s Qur'ans from Shumen had come to be remarkably homogenous: all observe the principle of ayet ber kenar in which every page ends with a completed Qur'anic verse; all are written with 15 lines of text to a page; all have between 300 and 310 pages. The dimensions of these manuscripts are also fairly constant. Although these manuscripts were produced in quantities to make them available to many relatively prosperous subjects of the Ottoman Empire Shumen Qur'ans were presented by Ottoman sultans to important figures including Ali Rif'at Pasha the Khedive of Egypt and al-Husayn Sharif of Mecca. The production of Qur'ans in Shumen came under increasing pressure with the rise of lithographic printing and came to a complete stop with Bulgarian indepedence in 1878. For a fuller discussion of the Shumen school of calligraphy see Tim Stanley "The Shumen Phenomenon" The Decorated Word volume II. Oxford 2009 pp.222-51. The illumination of Shumen manuscripts - though united by a Baroque idiom and a bright pastel colour palette - exhibits some variety suggesting that there were several different schools of illumination in the city alongside the numerous calligraphers. Ottoman Empire, dated 1266 AH/1849-50 AD. hardcover
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[PROPHECIES - OTTOMAN EMPIRE].
Prophetien of voorseggingen der beyde Keyseren Severi en Leonis die beyde in Orienten gheregeert hebben. In de welcke het hem laet aensien als of het Turcksche Rijck onder desen teghenwoordigen Sultan wel een eynde mocht nemen. Hier sijn byghevoeght eenighe andere Vooorseggingen
ende met veele copere figuyren verciert.
Amsterdam: Broer Jansz. 1627. 19th-century gold-tooled brown morocco with the gold-tooled coat of arms of Victor Masséna 5th Prince dEssling and 3rd Duke of Rivoli 1836-1910 on both boards the title impressum and repeatedly the monogram "VM" lettered in gold on the spine gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins gilt edges marbled endpapers. Bound by the 19th-century French bookbinders Allô-Wampflug signed in the lower turn-ins at the front and back. 4to. With a large woodcut on the title page showing the Ottomans reaching Constantinople and 16 engravings in the text with emblematic scenes featuring sultans including Mehmet II and Sulaiman I animals such as unicorns nursing bears eagles ravens wolves snakes mythological figures rulers etc. Each plate is followed by an epigram and explanation. First Dutch edition of the divinations of the Byzantine Emperors Severus probably Lucius Septimius Severus 145-211 CE and Leo VI the Wise 866-912 CE on the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the 17th century. A second edition with the same plates appeared with the same publisher in 1640. The work is a separately published part of Historie van den oorsprongh geslacht geboorte opvoedinge en leere des grooten valschen progheets Mahomets
also published by Broer Jansz in Amsterdam in 1627 and 1640. The 16 engravings are after the illustrations in the Codex of the Oracula of Leo Sapiens in the Amsterdam University Library MS 16.This copy was bound for Victor Masséna 5th Prince dEssling and 3rd Duke of Rivoli 1836-1910 by the famous 19th-century French bookbinders Allô-Wampflug. Masséna was a French army officer a member of Parliament for the Grasse constituency Alpes-Maritimes from 1863 to 1871 a Knight of the Légion d'honneur in 1859 and a bibliophile and scholar.With a small inscription on the verso of the first flyleaf "1847" washed. Overall in very good condition.l Livres à figures prov. De la biblioth. Du Prince dEssling. Vol. 2 1939 no. 228; STCN 841466505; USTC 1029656; Waller no. 1389. Broer Jansz., hardcover
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[OTTOMAN IJAZA MANUSCRIPT].
An Ottoman Qur'an Recitation Certificate in Arabic.
Ottoman Empire: Signed Hajj Isma'il Haqi Ibn Mohammed Islamboli first Imam of Sultan Selim Mosque and head of shiekh reciters and dated the fourteenth of Jumada al-Akhirah in the year one thousand two hundred and ninety-four of hijra 1294 AH 1877 AD. Arabic manuscript of 9 leaves of pink polished paper plus 3 blank leaves at the end 11 lines of neat black naskh per page text framed within gilt borders gold roundel verse markers with catchwords decorative endpapers first leaf decorated with illuminated headpiece comprised of saz-style floral sprays and three different varieties of flowers including roses and tulips final leaf likewise decorated with gilt ornamentation and with round stamp of the 'Chief of the Sheikhs of Qur'an Reciters Sayyid Ismail'. Housed in contemporary purple morocco binding with prominent gilt filets to sides. Folio: 18.2 cm. Text Panel: 11.5 x 6.3 cm. Some light rubbing to exterior outer margins with some light wrinkling toning and a few nicks generally a very good example in a handsome leather binding. In the Ottoman tradition a Qur'an school certificate is known as an Ijaza. It is a formal license granted by a teacher to a student certifying that they have mastered the recitation or memorisation of the Qur'an and are now qualified to transmit that knowledge to others. These were prestigious manuscripts granted to students who had mastered the components of Qur'anic sciences such as recitation 'Tajwid' and memorisation 'Hifz' and often include as here a chain of transmission 'Sanad' listing the pupil's teachers. Ottoman Empire: Signed Hajj Isma'il Haqi Ibn Mohammed Islamboli first Imam of Sultan Selim Mosque and head of shiekh reciters, a hardcover
Bookseller reference : 65596
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[OTTOMAN PORT]. [PEETERS, Johannes (Jan) (after)].
Ladimistri nel archipelago.
The Netherlands 1720. Oblong folio 19.5 x 31.5 cm. Framed 37 x 49 cm. Pen and blue-black ink-wash drawing on laid paper showing the city of Edremit its harbour and fortifications with an Ottoman and a Dutch ship and a lighthouse in a brown thick-thin-thin border signed in the border below right but difficult to read I. P. Sto. I. P. Ste. A detailed ink drawing of the harbour of and fortifications of Edremit an Ottoman port city on the west coast of Turkey. The drawing is made after Johannes Peeter's print Ladimistri nel' archipelago originally engraved by Lucas Vorsterman the younger and first appearing 1664/65 in the series Diverse vis te! delli Dardaneli del' dtrecio come delle città e castelli nel archipelago. The series was published by Jacob Jacques Peeters 1637-1695 and the prints were engraved after drawings by his brother Jan Johannes Peeters 1625-1677 best known for his drawings of city views engraved by Merian. Johannes Peeters was a pupil of their eldest brother Bonaventura Peeters a well-known painter and draughtsman and specialized in maritime scenes.Slightly browned and with a few small and mostly marginal stains. The foremost canon appears to have lost some of its ink but the drawing is otherwise in good condition. The corners are damaged or discoloured from a previous mounting far outside the border of the drawing. unknown
Bookseller reference : D55H803XSZ3Z
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[OTTOMAN EMPIRE].
Drop-title: Distinto ragguaglio della solenne udienza che alli 4. Settembre ebbe dall' Augustissimo Imperatore Carlo VI. re della Spagne d'Ungheria &c. a Vienna nel Palazzo Cesareo della Favorita l'eccellentissimo signor. grande ambasciatore Ottomano visire Mückerem Ibrahim Pascia
Including: Racconto della solenne visita che alli 7. Di Settembre 1719. Il Signor. Grande Ambasciatore Ottomano Ibrahim Pascià diede al Serenissimo. Prencipe Eugenio di Savoja
Colophon: Rome 1719. 4to. Giovanni Francesco Chracas Modern boards covered with chemical-marbled paper black morocco spine label. With a hatched roman capital used as an initial. Set in roman types with extensive italic. 8 pp. Extremely rare contemporary account of the audiences of the first Ottoman ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire before the Emperor himself and before Prince Eugene of Savoy both in the year 1719. This signalled the beginning of the attempted transition from war to negotiation in the ever difficult relations between the great Islamic and Christian powers. The Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI 1685-1740 conducted the successful Austro-Turkish War against the Ottoman Empire in the years 1716 to 1718 lead by Prince Eugene of Savoy 1663-1736. After the Treaty of Passarowitz ended the war on 21 July 1718 the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III sent Ibrahim Pasha to Vienna to serve as Ambassador and Charles VI sent Count Hugo von Virmont to Constantinople as Ambassador to the Sultan. This exchange of ambassadors was celebrated with a grand ceremony near the border where the two ambassadors met on 15 June 1719. The present publication begins by noting Ibrahim's arrival in Vienna on 14 August and gives an account of his audience before Charles VI on 4 September. The last two pages with their own drop-title give an account of Ibraham's meeting with Prince Eugene of Savoy on 7 September. Both accounts include lists of presents exchanged. Eugene was to receive Ibrahim Pasha again at his newly built Belvedere palace in Vienna on 2 October 1719.We have located no other copy of the present edition but the ICCU records one copy of an undated edition. It is also a 4to of 4 leaves but the fourth leaf is blank and it apparently omits the account of Ibraham's meeting with Prince Eugene which appears on the fourth leaf of the present edition. WorldCat records one copy of a German edition of the account of the meeting with Prince Eugene and three copies of a German publication on Ibrahim's arrival in Vienna.Somewhat foxed but otherwise in very good condition and wholly untrimmed preserving all deckles. An important document of the Ottoman Empire's relations with Christian Europe and a window into the opulence accompanying the diplomacy.l Cf. ICCU RMLE047805 1 copy of undated ed. omitting meeting with Eugene of Savoy; KVK same copy; WorldCat 1 copy each of 2 related publications in German; for the background: C.W. Ingrao ed. The Peace of Passarowitz 1718 2011. hardcover
Bookseller reference : G84EBF01U79O
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[MAP - OTTOMAN ARMY].
Iraq Kuwait and Iran.
Istanbul: Erkan-i Harbiye-i Umumiye 1915. Colour-lithographed map of Iraq Kuwait and southwestern Iran 65.5 x 66 cm in black brown blue and green at a scale of 1:1000000 dissected into 12 sections and mounted on contemporary cloth. First edition of the first accurate Ottoman general map of Central and Southern Iraq Kuwait and Khuzestan southwestern Iran; the authoritative map used by the Ottoman army for strategic planning during the "Mesopotamia Campaign" where Ottoman-German forces mounted a unexpectedly strong resistance to Britain's invasion of Iraq in World War I. Examples of the present map were used by Ottoman commanders who oversaw the successful Ottoman-German defence of Baghdad at the Battle of Ctesiphon 22-25 Nov. 1915 as well as the capture of the main British army at the Siege of Kut-al-Amara 7 Dec. 1915-29 April 1916. It shows the tip of the Gulf and the Tigris and Euphrates vallies including Kuwait most of Iraq and Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran. Mountain ridges are rendered in brown with rivers and marshes in blue permanent bodies of water in green and parallels and meridians at every degree ranging from about 43.5 to 49.5°E longitude and 29 to 34°N latitude. With the text entirely in Ottoman Turkish the map is based on the British War Office's "Lower Mesopotamia between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf" 1911 which was itself in part based on Ottoman sources. Both maps were dramatically superior in all respects to previous efforts forming the culmination of over three generations of reconnaissance capped by critical late-breaking discoveries.Some light stains in the margins and the lower-right quadrant but generally in good condition. Very rare. [Erkan-i Harbiye-i Umumiye], hardcover
Bookseller reference : ABC_47201
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[OTTOMAN CAPITULATIONS OF 1740].
Kitabi-i ahdname-i hümayun-u saadet-makrun.
Paris or Istanbul 1816. Half calf marbled paper sides gold-tooled spine. Large 4to 31.5 x 24 cm. The text of an Ottoman-French treaty set in the Ottoman Turkish alphabet a version of the Arabic script. Very rare edition possibly the first of the Ottoman capitulations agreed between a French envoy on behalf of King Louis XV of France and a grand vizier on behalf of Sultan Mahmud I of the Ottoman Empire on 4 Rabi al-Awwal 1153 AH 30 May 1740 CE. We have located only three other copies: in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek and Harvard's Houghton Library. This particular agreement comprises eighty-five articles nearly all concerning the granting of trade economic and legal rights favourable to France. It was mostly a renewal of articles previously agreed upon but includes some newly introduced articles.The capitulations are a type of treaty by which foreign people are given certain privileges mostly relating to trade and transportation over or even at the expense of native citizens. These treaties did facilitate mutually beneficial commercial and financial contracts for the parties involved considering an evolving global marketplace for example by minimizing the transaction costs taxes etc. of their exchanges. The foreign power often bought their influence benefitting local government officials partly at the expense of the people they were supposed to govern."The Ottoman-French Treaty of 1740 marked the apogee of French influence in the Ottoman Empire in the eighteenth century. In the following years the French had an unchallenged position in Levant trade and in transportation between Ottoman ports." Olson p. 75. The Ottomans first made capitulations to France in 1569 first as a strategy European powers used to eliminate the risk of falling victim to Ottoman raids and later to gain influence over Ottoman trade. These Ottoman-French treaties were renewed and amended several times from the 16th to the 19th century until they were abolished as a whole with the Treaty of Lausanne of 1922-1923 which also ended the Greco-Turkish War and defined the modern borders of Turkey.Binding shows signs of wear slight foxing throughout otherwise in good condition.l Europeana 1 copy Österreichische NB; WorldCat 612814438 1 copy Harvard and 165919643 1 copy Bayerische SB; on the treaty: Olson Robert. "The Ottoman-French treaty of 1740: a year to be remembered" in: Imperial meanderings and republican by-ways: essays on eighteenth century Ottoman and twentieth century history of Turkey. 2010 pp. 75-82. unknown
Bookseller reference : ABC_47147
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[OTTOMAN ATLAS - MANUSCRIPT].
Atlas of the western Ottoman Empire.
Ottoman Empire 1910. Gold-stamped cloth with the tughra of Mehmed V ruled 1908-18 on the front board when reading right to left and "Album" on the back board the front when reading left to right with an inscription below the tughra and the European numerals 16 and 2 flanking an ornament below the inscription the whole framed by 4 large floral cornerpieces. Oblong 4to 26.5 x 19.5 cm. 14 leaves with 10 pen-and-ink maps hand coloured with watercolours. Tissue guards. An album of hand-drawn maps forming an atlas of the western mostly European parts of the Ottoman Empire with legends in Ottoman Turkish written in the Arabic script. The overview map shows Albania Kosovo Macedonia and the Ottoman controlled northern parts of Greece coloured together with Thrace and the northwest parts of Anatolia shown treating them as a single unit while Serbia and Bulgaria like the small parts of territories outside Ottoman control are coloured separately. Most of the other maps give more detailed views of some of these regions including the Bosporus the Dardanelles Halkidiki Chalcidice Albania etc. but there is also a map of Crete not in the overview map.In fine condition. hardcover
Bookseller reference : ABC_47241
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(Ottoman Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Salname-i Nezaret-i Hariciye 1302 Hicri Senesi 1885
Istanbul: Hariciye Nezareti Sicill-i Ahval Muduriyeti Matbaa-i Ebuzzia 1885. With 12 plates; an Ottoman imperial coat of arms gilt within the text. 4 630 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Later black cloth binding. Very good. With 12 plates; an Ottoman imperial coat of arms gilt within the text. 4 630 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The almanac opens with a tughra of Sultan Abdulhamid II and includes an Islamic calendar with sunrise and sunset times. There are extracts from Ottoman government documents such as a 1258 A.H. C.E. 1842 relation regarding the appointment of Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha as Grand Vizier to Sultan Abdulmecid I p. 22. Includes a brief history of the Ottoman Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its predecessors the Reis Efendis along with lists of Ottoman sultans grand viziers ministers and ambassadors. The work also covers the latest developments in Ottoman international relations influential foreign states their rulers and their ambassadors to the Ottoman Empire.<br /> <br /> Printed by Ebuzzia Typography owned by Ebuzzia Tevfik Bey 1848-1913 an influential Turkish journalist writer and supporter of the Young Turks movement. Salname-i Nezaret-i Hariciye is an invaluable source on Ottoman history and foreign policy. Özege 6934 Hariciye Nezareti Sicill-i Ahval Muduriyeti, Matbaa-i Ebuzzia unknown
Bookseller reference : 372025
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[World War I – Ottoman Empire – Turkish War of Independence] "HC" H C
Letters Home from an American Professor Working in the Ottoman Empire in the Aftermath of World War I.
Constantinople New York City and others 1922. Four letters totaling seven pages. Folded else fine. A small collection of letters from “H.C.†who seems to have been an American university professor in Constantinople to his “Darling Clementine†back home. H.C. may have taught at Robert College a Christian college founded in 1863 now a prestigious private highschool.<br /> <br /> It is not clear when H.C. first arrived in Constantinople but he had been there for several years already by the time the letters begin and was certainly there at a critical point in its history. He writes in 1918 shortly after the arrival of occupying forces:<br /> <br /> “conditions are still very bad in town I long to see the suffering diminished. Some say it will be months yet. Sometimes now there is no coal no electric light no bread no water. Can you imagine the state of an Oriental city under such conditions We have had are still having trouble about light water-supply but we have steam heat plenty of food of a plain kind. We all keep well. . I hear that an American Red Cross boat will arrive next week I am eager to see its passengers. We may have a chance to leave on it but I can not see my way clear to skip because our faculty is depleted ever since the exodus at the time of the panic long ago when Miss Lyon left. . We have a good college now – boarders about 90 in the College-department – and many day scholars but lately the Spanish fever the lack of tram-car service has kept many students away. As soon as our cousins supply coal we hope for improvement. The Ententists are spreading over the city thoroughly quietly – like oil. It is a delight to see so many manly looking officers after the ones we have had here for years. There is a spiritual look in the eyes of the present occupants a look of bull-dog determination.†December 6 1918<br /> <br /> H.C. enjoys a “real yachting cruise†on his way back to Constantinople from the States in 1921 tells Clementine about his plans for his commencement speech in 1922 and describes a college reception in New York City which “General Custer’s wife†Elizabeth Bacon Custer attended undated letter. Meanwhile Turkey was engaged in its brutal war for independence. At some point H.C. befriended Electra—probably a Greek woman—whom he sent along to visit Clementine in part to help Electra cope with her traumatic experiences during the war:<br /> <br /> “As you will recall my young friend’s father was executed – tho innocent – with about 70 others. At first E. bore this with wonderful fortitude but after Xmas a reaction set in naturally enough. She developed morbidness a hyper sensitive attitude toward all of my looks words – probably a condition due to shock. I am confident that travel new scenes interests will bring her back to her old self your wholesome household will chase all gloom away. A doctor told her lately that she has hysteria that she must think of cheerful things only. I tell you this thinking that you might keep her from talking about the nation that does cruel things. The truth is that cruelty is pretty generally distributed a judicial mind finds it difficult to pick choose. Some nations get the public ear so the pot can call the kettle black!†June 6 1922<br /> <br /> Indeed both sides of the Greco-Turkish war—part of the larger Turkish campaign for independence—massacred each other. However only the Turkish contingent’s actions have been argued by historians to constitute ethnic cleansing or genocide.<br /> <br /> Of interest to historians of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey post-World War I especially Americans’ experience thereof. unknown
Bookseller reference : List3039
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(Ottoman Turkish Manuscript)
Kitabu'l-Favai'd Compilation of Useful Information
Ottoman Empire 1698. 13 leaves written in divani and tavki script. Incomplete at the beginning and end. With four later miniatures. 1 vols. 4to 11.5 x 8 inches. Later cloth-covered board binding over an earlier binding. Rubbed and worn but sound text leaves edgeworn some loosened. AS IS. 13 leaves written in divani and tavki script. Incomplete at the beginning and end. With four later miniatures. 1 vols. 4to 11.5 x 8 inches. This is a fascinating 17th-century Ottoman manuscript compilation mecmua of various recipes historical notes numerology brief histories of prophets mentioned in the Qur'an a recipe for an aphrodisiac attributed to Sultan Bayezid II and records of various Ottoman officials and their tenures all reflecting the intellectual and daily life of the period. The text leaves bear various numbers suggesting this was formed from several different manuscript sources. The manuscript features four miniatures likely added in the 20th century. These include a depiction of a nude male anatomical figure an illustration of Ottoman scholars engaged in astronomical calculations and two drawings inspired by Kitab al-Hiyal by Al-Jazari showcasing mechanical devices and automata. The manuscript also contains numerous signatures marginalia and graphical notations.<br /> <br /> An intriguing manuscript that offers insight into the intellectual pursuits and everyday concerns of the Ottoman elite. unknown
Bookseller reference : 371989
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(Ottoman History)
Natayij al-wuquʻat. Cild 1-4 Vols. 1-4
Istanbul: Bab ʻAli Cadeh Sindh Matbaʻah Sindh Ṭabaʻ ul-Mas̲edar 1911. Second printing of vols. 1-3. 152; 109; 112; 124 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. Toning to paper some minor marginal flaws. Very good. Second printing of vols. 1-3. 152; 109; 112; 124 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bab ʻAli Cadeh Sindh, Matbaʻah Sindh Ṭabaʻ ul-Mas̲edar unknown
Bookseller reference : 373896
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(Ottoman History) Şamdanizade Fındıklılı Suleyman
Meriyü't-tevarih Mari' al-Tawarikh
Istanbul: Maarif Nezâreti Matbaa-i Âmire 1919. 4 2 blank 3-509 pp. Vol. 1 of 2. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth. Very good. 4 2 blank 3-509 pp. Vol. 1 of 2. 1 vols. 8vo. Though the end of the text suggests a further volume is forthcoming the second volume was published only in 1928. OCLC: 777709606 Leiden Maarif Nezâreti, Matbaa-i Âmire unknown
Bookseller reference : 373897
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(Ottoman Newspaper)
Ceride-yi Havadis. No. 109
Istanbul: Matbaa-yi Ceride-yi havadis 1842. Ornamental title piece. Text in Turkish. 4 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Old folds some toning. very good. Ornamental title piece. Text in Turkish. 4 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Representative issue of this long-running Turkish newspaper first published in 1840 appearing thrice monthly from its found in 1840 until 1847 and weekly thereafter. Includes coverage of domestic political events foreign news and advertisements. Matbaa-yi Ceride-yi havadis] unknown
Bookseller reference : 352080
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(Ottoman Manuscript)
Bena'yi Hadratlari Diwani Cover title Manuscript Book of Verse
Istanbul 1570. Text in Ottoman Turkish and Persian mostly in double columns. Ornamental headpiece. Nastaliq in black and red on colored leaves ruled in black and in gold. 39 ff. Dated on last leaf. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Red leather with gilt mandorlas with floral motif tooled in blind. Collectors' stamps on first and last leaves: Hilmi Hassan Tahsin 1306 1888; 'Uthman bin Hassan Tahsin and two others. Some staining. Text in Ottoman Turkish and Persian mostly in double columns. Ornamental headpiece. Nastaliq in black and red on colored leaves ruled in black and in gold. 39 ff. Dated on last leaf. 1 vols. Large 8vo. unknown
Bookseller reference : 311740
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