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THE EARLIEST DESCRIPTION OF HAGIA SOPHIA FROM A MUSLIM PERSPECTIVE Feth-i Kostantiniyye ve ta'rîf-i Ayasofya i.e. The conquest of Constantinople and the description of Hagia Sophia.

ref. 055922N.p. Istanbul N.d. but c. 1857. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contemporary cloth with marbled boards. Demy 8vo 22 x 14 cm. In Ottoman script Old Turkish with Arabic letters. 63 pp. Ex-library copy with three stamps. Slight marginal fading spine slightly loosened and minor chipping on the left corners of some pages. Overall a good copy. Lithographed. An extremely rare early undated edition of the earliest architectural monograph and description of Hagia Sophia from a Muslim perspective. This work details the construction of Istanbul's iconic monument and includes a brief history of the 1453 conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed II. After a brief anonymously written account told from a Muslim perspective of the Turkish conquest of Istanbul the author recounts the legendary events surrounding the construction of Hagia Sophia. These narratives largely rooted in Byzantine oral traditions also found resonance in early Islamic culture. The author begins the chapter on Hagia Sophia with legendary accounts after page 42 following the heroic tales of Constantinople's celebrated capture in 1453. One of the earliest legends recounts the mysterious disappearance of the Byzantine architect before the church's construction was completed. Another legend describes how the unfinished building abandoned due to financial difficulties was ultimately completed after a hidden treasure was discovered at a location revealed by a mysterious figure. The author then provides a detailed account of various narratives including the origins of the columns some believed to be cast-iron pillars made using moulds the claim that doors from the Temple of Solomon crafted from the remains of Noah's Ark were brought to Hagia Sophia and the assertion that the frames and bars of the windows were made of gold silver lead and iron. Additionally the text describes how four grand paintings of the Archangels Gabriel Azrael Michael and Raphael were placed at the edges of the dome and even discusses the overall cost of constructing Hagia Sophia. Overall this work stands as the earliest known example of its kind in Turkish architectural literature. Özege 5659.; TBTK 10770.; As of March 2025 twenty institutional holdings according to the OCLC 46608320 nine paper copies in North American libraries: Harvard University LoC Concordia Theological Seminary Virginia Tech Concordia College Library University of Washington Libraries Dallas Theological Seminary UCLA and Hawaii Pacific University. [N.p.], [Istanbul], [N.d., but c. 1857] hardcover

Khalkedon Rare Books ABA, ILAB, IOBA, ESA · TurquiaUS$ 2.500,00≈ € 2.233,54

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THE END OF THE DALTON BROTHERS GANG

1892ref. 54681Coffeyville Kansas: 1892. 1892. DALTON BROTHERS COFFEYVILLE KANSAS. A photographic record of the famous ill-fated attempt by the Dalton Brothers Gang to rob 2 banks simultaneously in Coffeyville Kansas. On the morning of October 5 1892 Bob Grat and Emmett Dalton with gang members Bill Powers and Dick Broadwell rode into Coffeyville Kansas intending to rob the Condon Bank and the First National Bank. Despite their poor efforts to disguise themselves they were recognized by some citizens who quickly determined that they were there with criminal intent. Bob and Emmett entered the First National Bank while the other 3 crossed the square and entered the Condon Bank. Bob and Emmett quickly gathered $21000 in a grain sack but when they emerged were driven back inside by gunfire from armed citizens. They ran out the back door and down the alley toward their horses shooting 4 citizens 3 of whom died. In the meantime the other 3 robbers foolishly waiting for an inactive time-lock on the safe came under fire while still in the bank from citizens in the street. They ran from the bank closely followed by Marshal Charles Connelly. Grat turned and shot Connelly dead then ran for the horses. Livery stable owner John Kloehr shot Bob and Grat down at close range. No one in the gang escaped and Emmett was the only gang member to survive while the Marshal and 3 other citizens were killed. Offered here is a homemade photographic record of the tragic event. 18.25" wide and 23" high and nicely framed in dark oak this display piece is comprised of 5 large photographs with 2 printed images of survivor Emmett Dalton. One photograph centered in the upper portion is 9.5" wide x 6" high It is the classic photograph of the 4 dead robbers laid-out next to one another each identified with a printed caption at the bottom of the image "The Daltons of the Coffeyville Raid 1892." It is flanked by printed images of Emmett.one identified as "Emmett Dalton Today" and the other as "Emmett Dalton 1892" with hand-printed caption "The Only Member To Escape Alive. Wounded & Sentenced To Life. Paroled." Directly below this upper photograph is the hand-written title "The End of The Dalton Gang". The mid & bottom portion are comprised of 4 large photographs; each 7.5" wide x 4.75" high. The 2 in the middle are photographs of the exterior of the C. M. Condon Bank. The one on the left is taken from across the street while the one on the right is a close-up showing the bullet holes in the windows of the bank with printing in the negative stating: "Bank Windows showing nearly 300 bullet holes fired by Citizens and Bandits." Beneath these 2 photographs is a neatly hand-written caption: "This was the last of the old type Bank Bandits. They always sent word to the town or bank before a raid. 8 men were killed in this fight." The 2 photographs at the bottom also 7.5" wide x 4.75" high include an image on the left stating in the negative: "Death Alley-where horses were tied to board fence. Port holes in roof used by Citizens." The photograph at the bottom right is a rare image of the 4 dead robbers piled-up in the jail with the description that mis-identifies Bill Powers as Tim Evens and states: "Overnight in jail after the raid." A great piece of Americana.attractively designed with neatly written captions and unusually large photographs. Said to have hung in a bar in Coffeyville for many years. Based on the fact that Emmett was paroled in 1907 we believe this display piece to have been created circa 1910. A rare one-of-a-kind display piece recording one of the most famous bank robberies in American history! In fine condition. 1892. unknown

BUCKINGHAM BOOKS · Estados UnidosUS$ 2.500,00≈ € 2.233,54

[Bawdy Broadside] AnonymousABAA

Answer to The Knitting with The Knitting

1820ref. 5877Bury: Birchinall Printer 1820. First edition. Near Fine. Broadside measuring 245 x 380mm and printed to verso only; the layout and placement of the imprint suggest that this piece was meant to be folded down the center with The Knitting appearing first and Answer appearing at rear. A very nearly Fine example with just a bit of creasing at the corners and faint offsetting along the left margin. Unrecorded by the Bodleian Library of Broadside Ballads or by OCLC the typeface suggests that it was produced toward the end of W. Birchinall's operations 1806-1829. A common thread connecting the Birchinall broadsides recorded by OCLC is the sensational depictions of 19th century true crime -- from the murder of Mary Booty in 1806 to the execution of Thomas South and his companions in 1816 to the burglary trial of James Philips and John Wade in 1822. The Knitting and Answer to the Knitting stand apart from these in a number of ways. Not only are they not sensationalizing identifiable local activities using names and dates clearly within their titles they take a more literary and satirical tone in relating young Susan's education in "knitting" and her resulting pregnancy and rejection by the shepherd Johnny. The Knitting focuses not only on Johnny's seduction but even more so on Susan's public exposure to gossip and social rejection as a result of his refusal to marry her. The text's serious warning to young women -- that whether right or wrong they will ultimately be blamed for the outcomes of unwed sex -- is undercut however by the followup Answer. Unlike The Knitting which opens with a more formal communal overture "come all ye pretty maidens fair" Answer creates a more private conspiratorial tone with its "It's of a young damsel as I have heard say." Lured into gossip by the narrator readers hear how Johnny returns to Susan after being required to pay child support for their son; how he secretly confesses his love in order to lure Susan again into a tryst; and how the couple's intercourse in a grove is a source of humor with Johnny's lovemaking resembling "a man that had fits". Unlike The Knitting's widely shared community knowledge and its use of gossip to warn young women and curb their sexual behavior Answer depicts how gossip spreads individual to individual with the narrator having heard this story from an unnamed friend and then sharing it with the reader among men to warn them against getting caught for their indiscretions. A research rich piece and the only known copy further work could be done on the physical object its typography and its printer. On a literary level further analysis could be done on how the pairing connects to other call-and-response poems such as the 17th century Passionate Shepherd to His Love and The Nymph's Reply and to the pastoral tradition. On a social history level further study could connect the work to 19th century gossip helping historians to understand how the practice of gossip differed in groups of various genders or classes especially surrounding sexuality and shame. Near Fine. Birchinall, Printer unknown books

Whitmore Rare Books · Estados UnidosUS$ 2.500,00≈ € 2.233,54

[Salmon, William]; Anonymous (Un Amateur de la Science); Gaston le Doux dit de ClavesABAA

Alchemy Dictionaire Hermetique contenant l'explication des Termes Fables Enigmes Emblemes & manieres de parler des vrais Philosophes. Accompagne de deux Traitez singuliers & utiles aux Curieux de l'Art. / Traite Philosophique de la triple preparation de l'or et de l'argent. Two volumes in one

1695ref. 140949515Paris: Laurent d'Houry 1695. First edition. Very Good. First edition two books in one volume. Bound in alternating eights and fours in duodecimo format. xii 219 119 pp. Bound in full contemporary calf laced in boards gilt tooling to spine all edges speckled red. Very Good with chipping to corners and head and tail of spine cracking and discoloration to leather; front joint cracked but holding. Light toning to contents dampstaining to endpapers and to margins of first 30 and last 100 or so pages not very noticeable. Inscriptions in various hands to endpapers catalogue clippings tipped to front pastedown and small chip to lower corner of pp. 1/2. Duveen p.528. A glossary of alchemical terms combined with a treatise on "the tripart preparation of gold and silver." The anonymously authored Dictionaire Hermetique is generally attributed to the prolific medical and metaphysical writer William Salmon 1644-1713. He was more of a compiler than a theorist and a list of authors on whose work he drew is included in the preliminary pages of this volume. The second book erroneously dated 1595 instead of 1695 on its separate title page comprises the first French translations of two treatises previously published in Latin. The first deals with the transmutation of base metals into gold and silver the second with the method of creating a Philosopher's Stone. The author is Gaston DuClo named here as "Gaston le Doux dit de Claves" due to a publisher's misunderstanding a French lawyer and chemist whose experiments impressed his contemporaries and who is named in Robert Boyle's 1661 Skeptical Chymist. Laurent d'Houry unknown books

Burnside Rare Books, ABAA · Estados UnidosUS$ 2.500,00≈ € 2.233,54

[Anonymous Juvenile Artist]Biblio.com

CHILDREN'S BOOK. A manuscript album of colored drawings and b/w sketches of Africans Native Americans and Aboriginal Australians

1920ref. 4211s.l. Germany or Austria s.d. late 19th or early 20th century. Poor. 64mo 70 x 55 mm. Homemade binding cloth spine loosening front cover perished; back cover: board covered with glazed paper present on the pastedown inside detaching but the glazed paper on the outside is torn away. VERY WORN see the 44 IMAGES on our website the back cover becoming unstable but all the leaves are attached. Preserved in a fine cloth case which is perfectly fitted to allow the manuscript to be correctly removed and completely protected. HIGHLY CURIOUS LILLIPUTIAN ALBUM CONTAINING JUVENILE DRAWINGS OF THE MOST UNLIKELY ASSEMBLAGE OF UNDER-REPRESENTED PEOPLES NAMELY AFRICANS NATIVE AMERICANS AND ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS ALL DEPICTED IN THEIR NATIVE HABITATS AND INDIGENOUS ATTIRE. We have never encountered a manuscript such as this one either in permanent collections on in the trade. Our album contains 41 colored drawings and b/w sketches on 35 leaves with a number of blanks bound in. They include: AFRICANS: 28 drawings and b/w sketches including hunting scenes some on horseback; nude and partially clothed Africans; African landscapes with lions tigers and great birds some devouring each other; an African child being saved from a tiger by an angel; and a man and woman dancing in a garden; three Africans cultivating grapes; several Africans fighting and much more. Some of the drawings feature palm trees and rounded huts. The caption on one of the drawings reads "In die Jagt" sic. NATIVE AMERICANS: 9 drawings and b/w sketches including hunting scenes with the hunters in full headdress with feathers; in one of the drawings a group of three men are in combat with a tiger who leaps from a large tree. Interestingly some of the drawings likewise feature palm trees. The caption on one of the drawings reads "Zweiter Theil vom dem Ameriganer oder Idianer." ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS: 4 drawings and b/w sketches the most remarkable being a scene of two men seated beneath a tree a large dinosaur bird flies immediately above and in the sky a peaceful sun sees all. The caption on one of the drawings reads "Dritter Theil von dem Australiener." GNOME: 1 b/w sketch. The gnome wears a backpack and carries a gnarled walking stick his conical hat bearing a heart-shaped ornament in the background a laughing sun peers over the horizon. That Parts II and III have a divisional title suggests that there were one or more leaves at the beginning of Part I as well now no longer extant. Nonetheless this is a fascinating little children's manuscript and remains A REMARKABLE SURVIVAL. CATALOGUER'S NOTE: We are grateful to Dr. Claudia Bubenik for helping us transcribe the juvenile German inscriptions. unknown