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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, otherwise internally in a good, clean condition, binding slightly scuffed on the corners and cracked, but not detached, in joints with small chips and loss of material, mostly on spine) (#70660).

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Ahmet Refik Altınay was an Ottoman writer and professor of history. Among others he authored books on Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (1506-1579), published in 1924, and a series of books on history, such as the present one, intended for education of pupils and adults.

This book, accompanied with illustrations with maps and artwork, contains history from Ancient Egypt until the end of the Roman period.