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كچى بوينوزى [Keçiboynuzu also Keçi boynuzu / The Carob]

150.00€

Unique item

A rare Ottoman pamphlet on the importance of the carob for the military during World War I.

 

Small 8°, 4 pp., original brown letters with lettering.

 

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Description

Istanbul: Matbaa-i Askeriye [Military Press] 1333 [1917].

This rare, 4-page pamphlet in Ottoman language lists the important facts and statistics on the carob, a plant growing in the Mediterranean, which was of a great significance during World War I in the Ottoman Empire. Easy to transport and store as well as rich in sugar, it could be used for syrups, jams, flour, various other food and also for animal feed.

We could not trace any institutional examples.