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1920Very Good French Original wrappers. Oblong: 9x15 cm. In French. Very rare souvenir album of Cairo in French, consisting of 12 attractive lithograph postcards showing Cairo's streets, social life in the city, architectural buildings, the Caliph tombs, The Nile river, etc., edited by Middle Eastern photographer and postcard editors "Behar & Fils". No copy in OCLC.
1916Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Contemporary red cloth. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 16 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). [1], 229, [1] p., many b/w and color ills., 30 chromo-lithographed maps. Wear and fading on spine, some ex-library stamps on the colophon and several blank pages, ownership ink inscription and signature on the first page-overall a good copy. First edition of this rare Ottoman atlas for the primary schools in the late Ottoman Empire, including beautiful 30 chromo-lithographed maps of the Ottoman land according to administrative regions (provinces) and richly illustrated with b/w plates of the cities and provinces in the Middle East. Map list: 1. World map 2. Complete Imperial Ottoman 3. Arabian Peninsula 4. Anatolia 5. Asia Minor 6. Marmara and Black Sea 7. Aegean (The Archipelago) 8. Demography of Anatolia and Syria, Libya, etc 9. Administrative map of Anatolia 10. Map of mines of Anatolia 11. Agricultural map of the Imperial Ottoman 12. Arabian Peninsula 13. Map of the Edirne Vilayat [Adrianople Province of the Ottoman Empire] 14. Map of the Bosphorus 15. Map of the Hüdavendigâr Vilayat [Brusa Province] 16. Maps of Izmit and Biga Sanjaks 17. Map of Aydin Vilayat and Mentese Sanjak 18. Map of the Konya Vilayat 19. Maps of the Adana Vilayat and the Mediterranean Sea 20. Maps of the Erzurum and Ankara Vilayats 21. MAps of Kastamonu Vilayat and Bolu Sanjak 22. Map of the Trebizond Vilayat 23. Maps of the Van and Bitlis Vilayats 24. Maps of the Sivas and Harput Vilayats 25. Maps of the Bagdad and Basrah Vilayats 26. Map of the Mosul Vilayat and Day al-Zor Sanjak 27. Map of the Aleppo Vilayat and Urfa Sanjak 28. Map of the Syria and Beirut Vilayats 29. Map of the Arabia 30. Maps of the Yemen vilayat and Asir Sanjak. This atlas was printed four times for the different classes of the early Turkish / Ottoman schools, during World War 1 (two times in 1916) and the National Struggle (two times in 1921). Geylangil was born in Istanbul in 1887 and studied in Aleppo and Baghdad. Geylangil, who also studied economic geography, taught geography at many schools, including Galatasaray High School. Until his death, he wrote 14 books on geography, most of which were geographical atlases. In 1941, he was among the founding members of the Turkish Geographical Society. Özege 23216.; TBTK 11481.; We couldn't find any copy of this edition worldwide.
1868Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Contemporary quarter leather bdg. Rebacked boards. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 12 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 220 p. Very rare early book of the concise biographies of 137 people who served as admirals in the Ottoman Empire between 1352 and 1853, written by Mehmed Izzet Pasha (d. 1853), son of Turkish admiral Abdullah Râmiz Pasha (d. 1813). Ceridehâne Printing House was founded for publishing Ceride-i Havâdîs [i.e. The Journal of News], which was the first semi-official newspaper in the Ottoman Empire. This journal was published from 1840 to 1877 and was founded by William Nosworthy Churchill (1796-1846), a British-born journalist who moved to Turkey aged 19. He was the cause of a diplomatic incident that resulted in the temporary severance of diplomatic relations between Britain and the Ottoman Empire. Babinger p. 323/2.; Özege 6951.; Library of Congress. Karl Süssheim Collection, no. 1336., OCLC: 11810438, 880485954.
1951Very Good French Original pictorial grey cloth bdg. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 12,5 cm). Edition in French. 630, [2] p, 300 unnumbered illustrations, 6 folded maps and plans. First French edition of this comprehensive and attractive Istanbul guide written by Mamboury, who is a Swiss scholar renowned for his works on the historic structures in Turkish cities, particularly on Byzantine art and architecture in Istanbul.
2022New English Paperback. 4to. (29 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish. 256 p., b/w and color ills. The new exhibition of the Yapi Kredi Culture Arts and Publishing (YKKSY) complex on Istiklal Street is a journey into the memory of a family of three generations of artists over hundred years. Originally from Bulgaria, the Hristoff family first came to Istanbul in 1923, and then immigrated to New York in 1963. The three generations of artists document Istanbul, starting with black and white photographs in the 1920s and 1930s. Peter Dimiter Hristoff was right in the midst of the first days of the Republic, and began collecting ephemera. This habit was continued by his son Dimiter Hristoff and grandson Peter, who is one of the curators of the "Memento Istanbul: Hristoff Family Archive" exhibition. "From Sofia to Paris, from Paris to California, from California to New York," Peter Hristoff, a New York based artist, educator and co-curator of the exhibition says. His great grandfather, an orphan born in the mid 1800s, he says, was raised by a farmer family who called him 'garden boy'... (Source: TRT World).
2020New English Paperback. 4to. (29 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish. 172 p., b/w and color ills. The exhibition 'Coulisse: Hagop Ayvaz, A Chronicler of Theater' has been brought to life by the guidance of Hrant Dink Foundation with the collaboration of the Theatre Foundation of Turkey and Yapi Kredi Culture, Arts and Publishing with the support of the Chrest Foundation, Consulate General of the Kingdom of Netherlands, the French Embassy and Civil Rights Defenders will be open to visitors from 15th of December 2020 to 21st of February 2021. The exhibition will be welcoming visitors from 15th of December 2020 until 21st of February 2021 has been prepared by the guidance of Hrant Dink Foundation with the collaboration of the Theatre Foundation of Turkey and Yapi Kredi Culture, Arts and Publishing begins with the personal theatre archive of an Istanbulite theater player and publisher Hagop Ayvaz (1911-2006), to shed light on theater history of Turkey within the context of collective memory, identity and space. After the death of Hagop Ayvaz in 2006, the archive was donated to the Agos newspaper and then to Hrant Dink Foundation, composed of nearly 600 manuscripts and printed texts, over 500 periodicals, magazines and brochures in Armenian and Turkish languages, magazines and brochures, as well as about 12 thousand visual materials including photographs, posters, caricatures, clippings, invitations, drawings and postcards. In 2019, with the donation of some of the personal belongings of Ayvaz, the awards he has received, and a complete collection of the 1104 issues of "Kulis", the culture and arts magazine in Armenian language he has published from 1946 to 1996 to Hrant Dink Foundation, the archive was further completed. Over the years, Hrant Dink Foundation created a catalogue for the archive and digitalized it, and this online archive will be to researchers simultaneously with the opening of the "Coulisse: Hagop Ayvaz, A Chronicler of Theater" exhibition. Constituting the basis of the exhibition, the Hagop Ayvaz archive encompasses a wide range of original materials about theater players, companies and venues in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey remaining from the mid-19th century up until today. Hagop Ayvaz used the words "my paradise" to describe his study room composed of books, magazines, posters and photographs that he had collected since his youth; this tender metaphor also gives us hints about the possible links that can be established between his passion, namely theater, archives and collective memory. The exhibition offers a selection of the photographs, magazines, manuscripts and printed texts from the archive, divided into three main parts. The first part presents the theater production and activities in Istanbul in Armenian, in parallel to the lifetime of Hagop Ayvaz, a devotee of theater since his youth-from being a walker on to a director, from being a columnist to a publisher. The second part touchs upon the impact of the "Kulis" magazine within and outside of Turkey published by Ayvaz from 1946 to 1996, in line with the major artistic and political developments within this framework. The final section focuses various artists, companies, plays and venues which constituted the cornerstones of the theater history of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey, inviting the visitors to explore the linkage between them all so as to rediscover the history of theater in Turkey. The catalogue which has the same name with the exhibition has also been prepared in both English and Turkish by Yapi Kredi Culture, Arts and Publishing, not only invites the visitors to the "coulisse" of Hagop Ayvaz's endeavors, but also allows the visitors to discover the theatre of history of Turkey from a pluralistic perspective. The exhibition reminds the visitors the place and importance of arts and culture in the culture of arts and culture in the culture of living together, the "coulisse" that was built up by devotion and sustained by commitment and solidarity.
2010New Turkish Original bdg. HC. in special black cloth. Folio. (38 x 30 cm). In Turkish. 142, [1] p., color and b/w ills. + Album in 47 leaves. Count Amadeo Preziosi. An artist's journey from Istanbul to London 1855.: Preziosi was an Orientalist painter who was passionately in love with the Bosphorus and worked in watercolour and pen and ink. Amadeo Preziosi's paintings were exhibited in Paris and London in 1858, 1863 and 1867. For some years he was court painter to Sultan Abdul Hamid II, and today examples can be seen in the Istanbul Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Topkapi Palace, the Naval Museum and several private collections.
1997New Turkish Paperback. 4to. (28 x 23 cm). In Turkish. 208 p., color and b/w ills. This book has been prepared due to the exhibition held in the Military Museum and Culture Site between May 6 and May 15, 1997 in cooperation with the Municipality of Sisli and the Painting and Sculpture Museums Association. One of 1000 copies. "... The old "La Societa Operaia" and the new "Galatasaraylilar Yurdu" [i.e. Dormitory of Galatasaray Lycee] in Beyoglu, Pera started to host three art exhibitions; the first two would be held in the spring of 1916 and 1917, and the last one, which hosted paintings about the war - what would later become known as the Sisli Studio - was held in late 1917 before being brought to Vienna. The Vienna exhibition hosted 20 artists; Zekai Pasha, who had exhibited only one work in the late 1917 exhibition, "Bir Konak Dahili" [i.e. Interior of a Mansion] did not take part in the Vienna show, while the Prince Abdülmecid Efendi, the honorary president of the Society, who had not attended the 1917 exhibition, sent four paintings to Vienna. The opening of the Vienna exhibition was conducted by the Archduke himself. The exhibition, as Celal Esad pointed out, was well received by both Austrian visitors and the press. A poster was designed and the exhibition was accompanied with a German catalogue, Ausstellung Türkischer Maler [i.e. Exhibition of Turkish Painters]. Turkish artists who attended Vienna Exhibition are: Prince Abdulmejid, Ömer Adil Bey, Ali Cemal Ben'im, Ali Sami Boyar, Cevat Bey, Feyhaman Duran, Harika (Sirel Lifij) Hanim, Halil Pasha, Hikmet Onat, Hüseyin Avni Lifij, Ismail Hakki Bey, Mehmed Ali Laga, Mahmud Bey, Namik Ismail, Rusen Zamir Hanim, Mehmed Ruhi Bey, Mehmed Sami Bey (Yetik), Sevket Dag, Diyarbakirli Tahsin, and Ibrahim Çalli; with their 142 pieces of paintings totally, in different techniques.
2005New English Paperback. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 17 cm). In English and Turkish. 336 p., b/w plates. Tuliya I. Edited by Haluk Perk, Z. Mete Aksan, Veysel Donbaz et alli.
1996New English Paperback. Folio. (32 x 23 cm). In English and Turkish. 32 p., fully color photos. One of 500 copies. This book is published on the occasion of Sakir Eczacibasi Photography Exhibition held between May 29 - June 22, 1996 at Milli Reasürans Art Gallery. Sair Sakir = Sakirotype, Talat Halman.; Catalogue including 30 color photographs.; Özgeçmis = Biography.
2019New English Paperback. 4to. (30 x 24 cm). In Turkish. 320 p., color ills. This catalogue is published for "the Devrim Erbil Exhibition" held between December 18, 2019 - January 30, 2020 at Besiktas Çagdas [i.e. Besiktas Contemporary Art Gallery].
1999Fine Fine English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Folio. (34 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish; and Ottoman documents. 199 p., color and b/w ills. In the 700th Anniversary of foundation of Ottoman Empire social structure in Ottoman Empire and Istanbul under the light of 60 original documents.= 60 orijinal belge isiginda Osmanli Devleti'nin 700 yilinda Osmanli'da sosyal yapi ve Istanbul.
2007New Turkish Original cloth bdg. In special slip-case. 4to. (29 x 25 cm). In Turkish. 369, [1] p., color and b/w ills. Treasury land from Akintiburnu to Bebek Garden that was bestowed upon Janissary Hasan Halife by Sultan Murad IV (1623-1640), was transferred to national treasury following a rebellion in 1631-1632 in the reign of Sultan Mehmed IV (1648-1687). In the reign of Sultan Ahmed III (1703-1730), treasury land from Hasan Halife Garden to Kayalar Village, was sold by Grand Vizier Damad Ibrahim Pasha in 1724/25. Grand Vizier Izzet Mehmed Pasha, who has a share in the said lands, built a pavilion just for the Sultan. Sultan Selim III (1789-1807) set foot on Izzetabad Pavilion for the first time upon the invitation of GRAND Vizier Izzet Mehmed Pasha, but later he frequently came to the Pavilion for pleasure and entertaining activities. After a fire on May 15th, 1798; Izzetabad Pavilion was burnt down. And Grand Vizier Izzet Mehmed Pasha died in Manisa on September 18th, 1812. Treasury land from Akintiburnu to Bebek Garden that was bestowed upon Janissary Hasan Halife by Sultan Murad IV (1623-1640), was transferred to national treasury following a rebellion in 1631-1632 in the reign of Sultan Mehmed IV (1648-1687). The pavilion was rebuilt and redecorated by Chief Architect Mustafa and Hayrullah Efendi from Sehremini, between the years 1800-1804, and the palace was used by Sultan Selim III and Mahmud II (1808-1839). When the Bayraktar Group bought Izzetâbâd Pavilion, there was nothing more than relics of the basement. Its construction and renovation was completed in 1999. Thanks to the Bayraktar Group, Istanbul and Turkey have regained a precious heritage from the period of Selim III. After four years, in 2003, we started out to initiate the research which would unearth the mysterious history of Izzetâbâd Pavilion and Akintiburnu, together with Dear Emine Çigdem Tugay and Dear Mehmet Selim Tugay. In the corridors of the history of Akintiburnu, tracing back to nearly 2 thousand years ago, we started to discover the sophisticated and colorful history of Izzetâbâd Pavilion which witnessed great joys as well as torments and conspiracies to date. As a result, the book of Izzetâbâd Pavilion, Time Flies Away from Akintiburnu was published to reveal the history of Izzetâbâd Pavilion and Akintiburnu in light of historical documents. Today, we have this precious work of art written by Dear Emine Çigdem Tugay and Dear Mehmet Selim Tugay, and which gained further value thanks to the highly professional design by Dear Joelle Imamoglu.
1953Very Good Turkish Original bdg. Folio. (35 x 25 cm). In Turkish. [viii], 38 p., 68 plates. Topkapi Sarayinda Fatih Sultan Mehmet II'ye ait eserler.
1947Very Good French Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (17 x 13 cm). In French. [xii], 150 p. Slight foxing and fading on cover and several ink notes by pen, but, overall a very good copy. First and only French edition of this scarce book on social topography of Beyoglu (Pera) in the 19th century, written by Said Naum Duhani who was a Christian Arab and the son of Naum Pasha (1850-1911), an Ottoman statesman in Syrian Arab origin, the governor of Cebel-i Lübnan Mutasarrifate, ambassador of Paris. "This is an invaluable source on Levantine, Greek, Armenian and Jewish people and their buildings at two main streets of 'Francophone Beyoglu'" (Çeliksoy).
2022New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 205 p. PREFACE by Claudio Monge. PART ONE. STATUS: LEGALITY AND CONFLICT 1. "I shall not take their churches and turn them into mosques": The Legal Status of Catholic Churches in Ottoman Galata as Prescribed by the 'Ahdnames. Radu Dipratu 2. An Endless Housing Dispute: Catholic - Muslim Conflict around the Yeni Valide and Arab Mosques in Galata, (1693-1713).Kenan Yildiz PART TWO. PEOPLE: IDENTITY, REPRESENTATION AND RELATIONS. 3. From Master to Minority: the Genoese of Pera-Galata across the Byzantine-Ottoman Boundary. Padraic Rohan 4. The Latin Vekil and the Vartaliti Family: Local Representation, Intermediary Work and Family Interests in Ottoman Istanbul (1844-1923). Gabriel Doyle. 5. Patriarch Maksimus Ma?lum's Reverse Missionary Entreprise during the Tanzimat Period: Bringing the Greek Catholics back into the Greek Rite. Anaïs Massot PART THREE. CHURCHES: FOUNDATION AND TRANSFORMATION 6. Latin, Armenian, Ottoman: Shared Space and Material Culture in the Catholic Churches of Pera and GalataPaolo Girardelli7. Notre-Dame Du Rosaire: Insights into the Construction and Contestations of the First Dominican Church of the post-Tanzimat Period. Vanessa R. de Obaldía PART FOUR. EDUCATION: NATIONALISM AND MISSION8. Italian Latin Catholics in late Ottoman Istanbul: Transnational Culture and National Education. Francesco Pongiluppi 9. The Inception and Development of the Educational Activities of the Salesian Congregation in Istanbul during the late Ottoman Period. Bugra Poyraz. CONTRIBUTORS' BIOGRAPHIES.
2022New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 163 p. Introduction 1. "Who or which or where or what is Yunus Emre?" in Johannes Zimmermann, Christoph Herzog, Raoul Motika (eds.), Osmanische Welten: Quellen und Fallstudien. Festschrift für Michael Ursinus, University of Bamberg Press (2016), 313-334. 2. "The transfer of military technology and tactics between Western Europe and the Ottoman Empire, c.1450-c1600", Turcica 51, (2020), 9-36. 3. "Khâyir Beg: a Bad Man but a Good Thing", Journal of Turkish Studies, 40 (2013), 169-188. 4. "A note on opposition to Ottoman rule in Egypt", Turcica, vol. 47 (2016), 407-410. 5. "Unravelling Muslim Jurisprudence", public lecture in the series Intellectual Life in the Islamic World: Past and Present, Manchester Metropolitan University (2012). 6."How Islamic was Ottoman law?" in ISAM Konusmalari: Osmanli Düsüncesi . Ahlak . Hukuk . Felsefe-Kelam / ISAM Papers: Ottoman Thought . Ethics . Law . Philosophy-Kalâm, Istanbul: ISAM Yayincilik (2014), 77-90. 7. "Eleven Fetvas of the Ottoman Seyhülislâm Abdürrahim", in Muhammad Khalid Masud, Brinkley Messick, David Powers (eds.), Islamic Legal Interpretation: muftis and their fatwas, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard UP (1996), 141-149. 8. "Law and legislation under Süleyman I" in Pál Fodor (ed.), The Battle for Central Europe:The Siege of Szigetvár and the Death of Süleyman the Magnificent and Nicholas Zrínyi (1566), Leiden: Brill (2019), 93-114. 9. "Ottoman propaganda against the kizilbas: Sari Görez, Ebû's-su'ûd and Celâlzâde", in Robert Gleave and István Kristó-Nagy, Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence in Islamic Thought, Edinburgh University Press (2018), 204-214. 10. Fact and fantasy: Venetian reports on the anti-Ottoman rebellion in Syria, 1520-1521', in Sebastian Kolditz and Markus Koller (eds.) in La Transizione bizantino-ottomano nelle chronache veneziane, Venice: Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani (2018), 207-218. 11. "After Mohács: how news from Hungary reached Venice", Serefe. Studies in Honour of Professsor Géza Dávid (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest), 2019, 105-126.
1869Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original wrappers. Tear on the upper left side of front cover, chippings on extremities. A good copy. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Bulgarian. 107 p. First and only edition of this scarce early book in Bulgarian, printed in Constantinople (Macedonian Printing House) on the history of the Archbishopric of Ohrid, also known as the Bulgarian Archbishopric of Ohrid, which was an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church established following the Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria in 1018 by lowering the rank of the autocephalous Bulgarian Patriarchate due to its subjugation to the Byzantines. In 1767, the Archbishopric's autocephaly was abolished, and the Archbishopric was placed under the tutelage of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. 13 copies in OCLC: 793578483, 48911077.
1915Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Modern cloth bdg. Small 4to. (26 x 19 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 24 p. First edition of this epic and historically important account, describing the siege and fall of the Byzantine Empire and Constantinople by Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II in 1453. This is one of the finest literary examples of sixteenth-century Ottoman prose. "This description of the conquest of Istanbul in 1453 is mentioned only by Ismail Pasha in his "Hediyyetü'l Arifîn". The text, which was published as a supplement to TOEM (parts 20 and 21, Istanbul 1331) is said to be taken from a manuscript owned by Halis Efendi. The introduction to Ca'fer Çelebi's life was also written by Halis Efendi. The work is written in a very elegant style, with ayets, hadith, and beyts in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish scattered throughout the text and may be considered one of the finest examples of sixteenth-century Ottoman prose writing. [.] Ca'fer's work is in some aspects a reliable source for the conquest of Istanbul. The preparation for the siege is given in this work. The council of war which was held before the siege and in particular Mehmed II's speech to the council is very detailed and the chain placed across the entrance to the Golden Horn and its history is very well described in this work as well. During the siege, the Byzantines received help from the outside. Ca'fer is specific about this and states that "four huge vessels full of provisions, soldiers and ammunition came to help of the Byzantines". After the last attack, Constantinople fell into the hands of the Ottoman army. The date given for this is 857 Cem. I. 20 Seshenbe in Ca'fer's work. The plundering and looting which occurred during the first three days of the conquest are vividly described by Ca'fer Çelebi, but the withdrawal of Justinian and his men which preceded the conquest and the death of the Byzantine Emperor during the capture of the city are omitted in this work. Ca'fer's closing lines are devoted to the conversion of St. Sophia (Ayasofya) into a mosque by Mehmed II. Ca'fer Çelebi used eyewitness accounts as well as written works. It is certain that he did not rely exclusively on any source which is not extant, for the departs from Ruhi, Enverî, Tursun Beg, Neshrî, and Asikpasha-zâde either by adding new information or giving a conflicting account." (Erünsal). Özege 11953; TBTK 7066.
1899Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Fine brown quarter leather bdg., brown boards with decorative embossing. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic script). 176 p., 33 unnumbered b/w plates of views of the Middle Eastern cities, Kaiser and queen's portraits, ills. of their maritime voyages, a general view of Beirut, a panorama of Jerusalem (in two pages), The Government House and Lake Tiberia in Beirut, a general view of Jaffa, churches and castles and Masjid-i Aksa of Jerusalem, Idlib, the interior of the Umayyad Mosque in Jerusalem, The Government House of Jaffa, Beirut - Damascus railways, street views and architectural buildings from Damascus, the market place of Jaffa, Bethlehem and the church, views of Trablus-Sam [i.e. Tripolis], ruins of Baalbek, and other numerous b/w photos, published for only this book. Slight stains on pages, a modern repair on a leaf with tape, otherwise a very good copy. Bound together with "Eski Sevda" which is a compilation of Turkish tales. First and only edition of this richly illustrated scarce and uncommon book was printed for the German Emperor Wilhelm II and his wife Augusta Victoria, the commemoration of the construction of Alman Çesmesi [i.e. German Fountain] in Constantinople, and the first anniversary of the Wilhelm II's travel to the Ottoman Empire in 1898. The fountain's design was drawn by the architect Spitta and constructed by the architect Schoele with the German architect Carlitzik and Italian architect Joseph Anthony, working on the project. The fountain was built in Germany and then transported piece by piece to Istanbul, reassembled in its current site, and officially opened on January 27, 1901, on the birthday of German Emperor Wilhelm II. Wilhelm II's voyage to the Levant in 1898 was a state visit that the German Emperor undertook in the Ottoman Empire between 25 October and 12 November 1898. The Kaiser started his journey to the Ottoman Eyalets with Istanbul on 16 October 1898; then he went by yacht to Haifa on 25 October. After visiting Jerusalem and Bethlehem, the Kaiser went back to Jaffa to embark on Beirut, where he took the train passing Aley and Zahlé to reach Damascus on 7 November. This book is richly illustrated including many views of the cities of this voyage's destinations like Jerusalem, Damascus, Beirut (Beirut), Jafa, Baalbek, etc. On 10 November, Wilhelm went to visit Baalbek before heading to Beirut to board his ship back home on 12 November. His visit spurred interest in the German Templer colonies in Palestine. One of the Kaiser's traveling companions, Colonel Joseph von Ellrichshausen, initiated the formation of a society for the advancement of the German settlements in Palestine, named the Gesellschaft Zur Förderung der Deutschen Ansiedlungen in Palästina, in Stuttgart. It enabled the settlers to acquire land for new settlements by offering them low-interest loans. A subsequent second wave of German settlers founded Wilhelma (named after the Kaiser, now called Bnei Atarot) in 1902 near Lod, Walhalla (1903) near the original Jaffa colony, followed by Bethlehem of Galilee (1906). The German Settlement Society successfully encouraged some of the Templars to return to the official, national Protestant Church. The non-Templar colony of Waldheim (now Alonei Abba) was subsequently founded next to Bethlehem of Galilee in 1907 by proselytized Templers now affiliated with the Old-Prussian State Church. The visit resulted in the highest-profile political event in the life of Theodor Herzl, considered the founder of Zionism. Through the efforts of William Hechler, via Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, Herzl publicly met Wilhelm II three times during the voyage, once in Istanbul (on 15 October 1898) and twice in Palestine (29 October and 2 November). The meetings significantly advanced Herzl's and Zionism's legitimacy in Jewish and world opinion. (Wikipedia). Only one copy in OCLC (Library of Congress. Karl Süssheim Collection, no. 1300) 900684728. Özege 7023
1875Very Good French Contemporary 1/4 leather bdg. with marbled boards. Small 4to. (27 x 19 cm). 23 p. (11 p. in Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters; 12 p. in French), with rare 4 folded maps. A very good copy. First and only edition of this extremely rare bilingual book in French and Ottoman Turkish, including the first records on the formation and characteristics of storms to explain how storms and hurricanes occurred, which route they followed, and how they were conveyed to the regions that need to be warned by telegraph, for the vessels sailing in the seas, by French expert Coumbary who was founded the Rasathâne-i Âmîre [i.e. Ottoman Imperial Observatory]. Both the original French and Turkish translations of the work were published together in one volume. The work also included four maps which were drawn for this work only. The first map shows the movement of a storm that occurred on March 8, 1865, the second one shows the occurrence between the Tropic Cancer and Capricorn whirlwinds, storms in the Atlas and Indian oceans, the movements in the Bay of Bengal, the storms in different directions in the China Sea, the Gulfstream, Grönland, and Azores. The second observatory in the Ottoman era was established for meteorology. Before this center was established, beginning from the Reformation (1839), many meteorological observatories were built by foreigners in various cities such as Istanbul, Smyrna, Trebizond, Tekirdag, and Merzifon both as private and public establishments. The very first known temperature readings are the meteorological observations made by the Priest Dalmas at the St. Benôit monastery between 1839-1847. Later William Lane, an Englishman who came to Istanbul during the Crimean War, made observations at the British Cemetery at Haydarpasa. W. Noe, director of the Mekteb-i Fünûn-u Sahane made observations at the house in Kalyoncukulluk where he lived until the Beyoglu Fire in 1848; and finally, it is known that French engineer Ritter, who was invited by the government for waterworks in Kuruçesme (1856-1860) also conducted meteorological observations. Observations on precipitation and humidity conducted between 1875-1892 by an amateur observer on the Thomson Farm in Erenköy are invaluable on the subject of Istanbul's climate. These observations have been published in Budapest in 1928. Excellent observations on heat, pressure, and humidity, made in the summer residence of the Russian ambassador on Büyükada have also been published, in Annales St. Petersburg. In 1858, the French government established the first observatory communicating data over the telegraph, and in 1863, by compiling meteorological data in France, the French National Meteorological Network started operations. In 1868, upon the recommendation of the French government, the Rasathane-i Âmire was founded to convey meteorological forecasts to certain centers by telegraph. Instruments were purchased from leading European factories, and operations started on top of a hill 74 meters high on Pera. The first director was Mr. Aristide Coumbray, who came to Istanbul to renovate the telegraph network. (Instruments commissioned from France were set up at Mr. Coumbary's home, which stood at the garden of the Swedish Embassy. The observatory was later moved after its offices were prepared.) Coumbary represented Turkey in the first international meteorology congress, convened in Wien five years later in 1873. Rasathane-i Âmire worked by the same system as the National Meteorology Center in France. In the observation books of 1868 (August-November), names of affiliated stations are given to us Soulina, Köstence (Constantia), Varna, Burgaz, Valona, Elbasan, Durazzo, and Beirut. Later, stations in Izmir, Diyarbakir, Baghdad, and Fao were also added. The observatory founded by Aristide Coumbary in 1868 in Istanbul, operated until the end of the First World War. Özege 5735.; TBTK 7688, 10862.; Not in OCLC.
1865Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) In contemporary Ottoman quarter burgundy leather bdg. with red boards. Gilt lettering of the title with some decorative elements and four raised bands to the spine. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 16 cm). In Ottoman script. 2 volumes set: (310 p.; 264 p). Hadikatû'-l cevâmî. 2 volumes set. [= Hadiqatul-gewami = The garden of the mosques]. Occasionally foxing on boards, slight stains on paper. Otherwise a very good copy. First edition of this rare monumental two-volume set in which an inventory is kept of almost all architectural buildings such as mosques, masjids, fountains, schools, and lodges in Ottoman Istanbul and its surroundings, built since Sultan Mehmet II up to 1768, in a traveler style, by Ayvansarayî, who was hafiz and janissary sekban who lived in the 18th century. "This excellent book has an extremely important place in the literature not only in terms of architectural works and topography but also as a historical source of Constantinople". (Hammer). Long recognized by Turkish scholars as a unique source of Istanbul's architecture and urban form, the text, which was started in 1182 (1768-69) and completed in 1195/1780 and revised and enlarged between 1248/1832-33 and 1253/1838 by Ali Sati, son of Mahmud Efendi, one of the judges of Medina, contains separate descriptions of each of Istanbul's more than 800 mosques, plus accounts of its madrasahs, tombs, tekkes and other monuments. The annotations place each of these buildings within the city's urban plan and provide biographical information about the patrons, architects, and other personalities mentioned in the text. Ayvansarayi's original text, which survives in a number of manuscript copies, was enlarged in the 1830s by Ali Sati Efendi, whose reworking was published in print in 1865 and has thus become the best-known version of the Hadika. (Crane). The author, who first visited the mosques and masjids inside the city walls in a topographic order, then examined the ones outside the city walls, then discussed Eyüp, Galata, both sides of the Bosphorus, Üsküdar (Scutari), Kadiköy (Khalkedon) mosques and masjids. After giving the name of the building in each article, if a mosque was transformed from the church, he noted this issue and recorded the name of the person who had it built. If known, he also indicates where this person's grave is located. Detailed info about the restoration of the architectural building has been restored. And he gives detailed information on additional facilities such as a public fountain, sebil, school, madrasah, and in some cases the people who lie in its burial ground, with brief information about the foundation of this charitable building. Hegira 1281 = Gregorian 1865. Özege 6565.; Thirteen copies in the US libraries according to the OCLC.
1927Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original bdg. Large roy. 8vo. (24 x 20 cm). In Ottoman script. (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 16 p., 15 chromo-lithographed maps. Some markings on the two maps. Otherwise a very good copy. First edition of this scarce atlas for Turkish primary schools drawn and published by Turkish geographical educators and cartographers in the early Republican period of Turkey. This fine atlas was printed in London, in a period after the proclamation of the Republic, before the Letter Revolution in 1928. Duran studied in Istanbul and Paris. He worked as a geography teacher in various high schools then he became a lecturer and a manager at Ankara Gazi Education Institute for a while. He was known for his writings on various topics and especially for his works on geography. Born in the imperial period, Duran signed the first cartographic studies of the Republic of Turkey with the transition to the Republican administration. Özege 8764.
1890Very Good French Original albumen print. Mounted on thick cardboard. 25,5x19,5 cm. Descriptive text in French on the lower right corner with the photographer's name on the lower left. A splendid early albumen print photograph of the gate of the treasury of the Dolmabahçe Palace, which is one of three gates. The palace is located on the European coast of the Bosporus strait and served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1887 and from 1909 to 1922. The Abdullah Frères were a group of three Ottoman brothers of Armenian descent, Viçen Abdullahyan (1820-1902), Hovsep Abdullahyan (1830-1908), and Kevork Abdullahyan (1839-1918), who were photographers of international fame during the late Ottoman Empire. They took pictures of scenic views and notable individuals, including sultans. Most of their photography was of the Ottoman Empire. Viçen (later known as Abdullah Sükrü after converting to Islam) began his photographic career touching up photos for Rabach, who opened his photography studio in 1856 in the Bayazid district of Constantinople. In 1858, when Viçen's younger brother Kevork returned from his studies at the Murad Raphaelian Armenian Academy in Venice, they and another brother Hovsep decided to take over Rabach's photography studio and open their own, The Abdullah Frères. In 1867, they sold their shop in Beyazid and moved to a more favorable location in Pera. Abdullah Frères subsequently became one of the most famous photographers in the Ottoman Empire. In 1863, Sultan Abdulaziz declared the Abdullah Frères as the official court photographers and Outstanding Artists of the City, an epithet they used until the closure of the shop in 1899. In 1886, at the request of the Khedive in Egypt, they opened a branch in Cairo, Egypt. Over their lengthy career, Abdullah Frères photographed numerous Ottoman Sultans, Ottoman statesmen such as Ibrahim Edhem Pasha and Osman Nuri Pasha, international figures such as Mark Twain, scenic views, and more.
1993Fine English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 151, [1] p., b/w ills. Isgal Istanbul'u. [= La Bosphore tant aime]. Translated by Emre Öktem. OTTOMANIA Istanbul Constantinople World War 1 Sultan Vahdettin Invasion British Frech relations Republican Turkey.