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- Books, Turkica
Baku Imprint / Operetta: آرشين مال آلان. Аршинъ Малъ аланъ
- 450.00€
- [Arşın mal alan. 3. tab'ı / The Cloth Peddlar. 3. Edition] Lyrics to the legendary Azerbaijani early comic and romantic operetta by the first composer of an opera in the Islamic world, Uzeyir Hajibeyov. 8°. 53 pp. with portrait on the first page, rear wrappers with cover in Russian, later green cloth with title in small gold…
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- Books, History, Ottoman Books, Turkica
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN / SARAJEVO IMPRINT: طريق رفاه. فرانقلينك ثروت حقنده كى نصايحى و ترجمه حالى
- 620.00€
- Benjamin FRANKLIN (1706-1790), author; REŞAD, translator. [Tarik-i Refah. Frankli'nin Servet Hakkındaki Nasayihi ve Tercüme-i Hali / The Way to Wealth. Franklin's Commentary on Wealth and ItsTranslation] Sarajevo: Sultan Beyazıd Saadet Kütübhanesi 1326 [1910] 8°, 30 pp., [2 pp.], uncut as originally published, later marbled wrappers (uncut, unread example with minor storage wear) (#70725). A rare Ottoman translation of Franklin’s The…
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- Books, History, Newly Catalogued Items: August 2022, Ottoman Books, Turkica
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN / SARAJEVO, BOSNIA, IMPRINT: طريق رفاه. فرانقلينك ثروت حقنده كى نصايحى و ترجمه حالى
- 620.00€
- [Tarik-i Refah. Frankli'nin Servet Hakkındaki Nasayihi ve Tercüme-i Hali / The Way to Wealth. Franklin's Commentary on Wealth and ItsTranslation] A rare Ottoman translation of Franklin’s The Way to Wealth, published in Ottoman language in Sarajevo, Bosnia, in 1910 8°, 30 pp., [2 pp.], original orange wrappers with lettering (wrappers with a light stain, otherwise in a…
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- Bible, Books, Ottoman Books, Turkica
BIBLE – NEW TESTAMENT: كتاب العهد الجديد [Kitab al-Ahd al-Jedid / New Testament]
- 1,500.00€
- The New Testament in Ottoman Turkish is based on the first translation by Ali Ufki. It was printed in Paris using 17th-century Arabic types, which were previously utilized in Napoleon’s Cairo press. This typeface is considered one of the most elegant designs created in the West. 4°. [2 pp.], 3 pp., 318 pp., [4 pp.] blank, contemporary brown goat…
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- Bindings, Books, Ottoman Books, Turkica
BINDINGS / HISTORY: عمومى تاريخ [Umumi Tarih. Tarih Kadime, Kurûn-ı Vusta]
- 680.00€
- Ahmet Refik Altınay (1881-1937). [General History. Ancient History – Medieval Centuries] Istanbul: Millî Matbaa 1926. Large 8°, 627 pp. with interleaved black and white illustrations, contemporary black Morocco binding with gold tooling on covers and lettering on the spine, contemporary patterned endpapers (a tiny chip in white edges of pages 361-362 and 575-576, latter with a tiny loss of lettering,…
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- Books, History, Ottoman Books, Slavica, Turkica
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: بوسنه و هرسك [Bosna ve Hersek / Bosnia and Herzegovina]
- 550.00€
- An Ottoman report on Bosnia and Herzegovina, published in the crucial year of 1908, when Austro-Hungary withdrawn from Novi Pazar in exchange for being given permanent sovereignty over Bosnia. 8°, 15 pp., original blue wrappers with lettering (minor water-staining, old annotations on the cover, wrappers with light staining, small tears in margins and old mounted paper label on…
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- Books, History, Ottoman Books, Slavica, Turkica
BOSNIAN NATIONALISM / BANJA LUKA: بنالوقة صحراسى محاربه سى
- 550.00€
- [Banaluka Sahrası Muharebesi / Battle of Banja Luka Field] Small 8°, original cover with lettering, [2 pp.] title page, 17 pp., new black cloth binding with gilt lettering and debossed decoration (improvised repairs of paper loss in inner margins, light water staining in margins, sporadic old annotations in pencil, minor staining).
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- Books, Ottoman Books, Turkica
BULAQ IMPRINT ISLAMIC LAW MULTAQĀ- ملتقى الأبحر: الموقوفات
- 2,800.00€
- [Mevkufat also Mülteka tercümesi. Mevkufati or Mevkufati. Mülteka tercümesi] The first printed edition of the most important text on the Islamic law in the Ottoman Empire 2 volumes in 1. Large 4°, 2 pp., 356 pp., 2 pp., 314 pp., original calf binding with a flap and debossed ornaments, modern black spine. Margins of the first pages…
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- Books, Ottoman Books, Turkica
BULAQ IMPRINT: Tarih-i Vasıf
- 1,800.00€
- An important Ottoman first-hand account on the political events of the second half of the 18th century and the relations with the Central Europe by a Baghdad-born author, was printed by the Bulaq press in Egypt. 2 volumes, bound in one, 4°. 14 pp. (index), 210 pp., [1] blank, 7 pp. (index), 190 pp., printed on thick paper, contemporary…
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- Books, Ottoman Books, Turkica
BULAQ IMPRINT: كتاب نهج السلوك فى سياسة الملوك [Kitap nehc üs-sülûk fi siyaset ül-mülûk also Nahj al-Suluk fi siyasat al-Muluk / An Ap-proach to Behavior in the Politics of Kings]
- 960.00€
- An Ottoman translation of an Arabic classic work on the politics, printed in Bulaq, Cairo. 8°: 153 pp. letterpress, later European binding with marbled boards an green cloth spine with gold lettering, marbled endpapers (binding slightly rubbed on the corners, but otherwise in a good condition).
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- Books, Ottoman Books, Slavica, Turkica
BULGARIAN HISTORY / TRABZON IMPRINT: بولعار تاريخى [Bulgar Tarihi / History of Bulgaria]
- 1,200.00€
- Possibly the first detailed history of Bulgaria made after the proclamation of its independence 8°, 191 pp., modern black cloth with gilt lettering and debossed ornaments (light staining and sporadic water-staining in margins, sporadic tiny holes in white margins (paper deformations- as published), title page with stronger staining and a small hole in the margin, first pages with…
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- Books, Ottoman Books, Slavica, Turkica
Bulgarian Primer for Ottomans / Thessaloniki Imprint: رسملى بلغارجه رهبر قرائت
- 420.00€
- [Resimli Bulgarca Rehber-i Kıraat / Illustrated Guide to Bulgarian] 8°. 52 pp. with illustrations, [2 pp.] errata (later wrappers, old taxation stamp on the title page, small worm holes in the lower part of the text, sporadic old annotations in pencil, otherwise in a good condition).
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- Books, Ottoman Books, September 2023: 50 under 1000 EUR, Slavica, Turkica
BULGARIAN PRINTING IN ISTANBUL: Учебникъ по Отечествена История за III. Класъ. تاريخ وطن
- 400.00€
- [Schoolbook for History of the Homeland for 3 Class] 8°. 164 pp. with black and white illustrations in text, original green wrappers with lettering and illustrations (wrappers with light age-toning, foxing and chips, inside with minor foxing and age-toning to first pages, but otherwise a good example).
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- Books, Ottoman Books, Turkica
CAIRO IMPRINT / YOUNG TURKS: پاريس دن يازدكلرم Paris’den Yazdıklarım [My Writings from Paris]
- 420.00€
- A collection of previously anonymous articles published in Paris, by a Cairo-based Ottoman medical doctor and a supporter of the Young Turks Şerefeddin Mağmûmî 8°. 301 pp., later (1970s) black cloth binding with gilt lettering (minor foxing and staining, imprint from old wrappers mounted on the inner side of endpapers, old price written on the inner side of…
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Cairo Imprint: استبداد [İsdibdad / Della Tirannide / Of Tyranny]
- 550.00€
- A translation of an Italian work “On Tyranny” was translated into Ottoman as a propaganda piece at the time of the capitulation of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and published in Cairo to avoid the censorship. 8°. 271 pp. with a portrait, original boards with hand splattered paper and black cloth spine (minimal wear to the cover, but overall…
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- Books, Ottoman Books, Turkica
Cars / Ottoman Language: شوفور معلمى [Şoför Muallimi / Driving Instructor]
- 350.00€
- 8°. [4 pp.] illustrated advertisements, 247 pp. with black and white illustrations, 7 pp. on tan paper, [16 pp.] illustrated advertisements, original illustrated wrappers, original black sloth spine (wrappers with soft folds and tiny chips, otherwise in a good condition)
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- Books, New Acquisitions: November 2020, Ottoman Books, Turkica
CATHERINE THE GREAT / BULAQ IMPRINT: اجمال اوائل دولت روسيه [İcmal-i eva’il-i devlet-i Rusiya [or] Katerina Tarihi]
- 1,600.00€
- 8°. [10 pp], 225 pp., later brown cloth binding with lettering on the spine (sporadic small repaired tears in margins, light staining an foxing, old written price on the inner side of the rear board, otherwise in a good condition).
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- Books, History, Ottoman Books, Turkica
CATHERINE THE GREAT: قترينه تارخى [Katerina Tarihi]
- 650.00€
- 8°, [8 pp.], 308 pp. lithographed text with some pages with larger folded margins with annotations, as originally published, modern green cloth boards with gilt lettering and debossed decoration, brown calf spine with raised bands and gilt lettering (light foxing, old signature and date in Ottoman on the first page, old scribbles on the last blank page, otherwise in…
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- Books, Ottoman Books, Science, Turkica
Chemistry in the Ottoman Empire: Kemmî ve Keyfî Kimya-i Tahlili / Kimya-i Ziraî. Chimie Agricole
- 1,200.00€
- Two seemingly unrecorded Ottoman texts on Chemistry 2 titles in 5 parts, bound together, large 8°. Mimeographed text in two colours with illustrations and hand written additions, 136 pp., 107 pp. (two parts of one title). 351 pp., 148 pp., 28 pp. (three parts of one title). Contemporary green cloth binding, contemporary pink endpapers (minor age-toning and staining,…
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- Books, Geography, Ottoman Books, Turkica
CHICAGO: شيقاغو شهري [Amerika seyahatından Şikago şehri]
- 580.00€
- [From the Travel through America. The City of Chicago] An Ottoman translation of Baron Edmond de Mandat-Grancey’s description of Chicago, first published in 1898 8°, 37 pp., later marbled wrappers (slightly stained, otherwise in a good condition).
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- Books, Children's Books, Ottoman Books, September 2023: 50 under 1000 EUR, Turkica
CHILDREN’S BOOKS / OTTOMAN LANGUAGE: كچى چوبانى [Keçi Çobanı / Moni the Goat Boy / Moni der Geissbub]
- 140.00€
- 8°, 48 pp. with 3 colour illustrations, contemporary red linen boards with mounted original illustrated cover (good used condition, binding little scuffed on the corners).
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- Books, Turkica
CHINA / ORENBURG IMPRINT / TATAR PRINTING: قطايليلر نشريات كريمى
- 860.00€
- [Nashryat Kerymi: Kıtaylılar / Kerimi’s Publications: The Chinese] 8°. 24 pp., imprints and advertisements from original wrappers mounted on the first and last page, 20th century brown cloth binding with lettering on the cover and spine (light foxing, hand-written old price on the inner side of back cover, otherwise in a good condition).
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- Books, Geography, History, Ottoman Books, Turkica
China / Travelouge / Hitayname: ترجمه تاريخ نوارى جين ماجين
- 1,200.00€
- [Tercüme-i Tarih-i Nevâdir-i Çin-i Maçin / Translation of the Stories of History of China and the Greater China] 8°, 70 pp. lithograph, first two pages with gilt margins, later blue cloth boards with brown cloth spine, grey printed endpapers (minor staining overall in a good condition).
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- Books, Ottoman Books, Turkica
CHIROMANCY: علم كف ألم و قسمتم Chiromancie: Ma Main Ma Chance. Livre Illustre
- 320.00€
- 8°. 8 pp., 8 pp., with black and white illustrations, original illustrated green wrappers with French and Ottoman title, staple (wrappers with light staining, foxing and old annotations, but otherwise in a good used condition).
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