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  An Ottoman pocket Bible, printed in Istanbul in 1877 under sponsorship of American missionaries 12°: [3 pp.], 621 pp., contemporary brown goat with blind tooling and gold title on the spine, gilt to all edges (spine slightly age-toned and scuffed, minor foxing, front loose endpaper detached and with light water staining, overall in a good used condition).  

  A historically important catalogue of 721 books on science, religion and other subjects, published in English and Arabic languages by the American Mission Press in Beirut.   8°, 38 pp. in English, [3 pp.] blank, 51 pp. in Arabic, with illustrations in text, original wrappers with lettering (somehow brittle, with loss of paper in the corners, but without loss…

[Sharh-i Diwan-i Hafiz-i Shirazi / Commentary on the Divan of Hafez]   A rare book in Ottoman language in three volumes, partly printed in Alexandria   3 volumes. Small 4°. 4 pp., 411 pp. Old annotations, 455 pp. (first four pages originally coloured yellow with orange detail). , 464 pp. Recent brown calf with embossed decoration (pp. 3-4 of the…

A unique pair of an Ottoman manuscript atlas and a map, made by a student of the Military Highschool in Bitola, in 1891, as a project for his final exams.

A unique late 19th century binding, made of Japanese leather wallpapers   Small 4°, XXXVII, [3 pp.], 114 pp. with illustrations in text, [2 pp.], contemporary debossed gold paper boards with hand coloured details, brown calf spine with gold lettering, marbled endpapers, composed of two different patterns (paper inside with foxing, minor rubbing to the edges of the binding).  

  A handsome, early 19th century illustrated manuscript pamphlet in French language explaining various methods of fortunetelling.   Small 8°, [96 pp.] manuscript in French with illustrations and charts in black ink, contemporary wall-paper stenciled wrappers with manuscript label in black ink pasted on the front cover, originally bound with a linen string (minor, sporadic staining to the corners of…

The Pedagogy of Families, or Education and Teaching Made Accessible to all Fathers of Families   Book on pedagogy for fathers with a stunning binding, from a library of the Belgian king Leopold II.   Small 8°, [4 pp.], VIII, 268 pp., contemporary red hard-grained morocco with gilt and blind tooling and lettering, gilt floral turn-ins, gilt edges, white moiré…

  A dedication copy of a book on perfumes and cosmetics with a calligraphic manuscript dedication by the author to Marie Henriette Anne of Austria, the Queen of Belgium, and bound in an elegant red Morocco binding by Despierres.   Large 8°, [8 pp.] with manuscript dedication page, 102 pp. [4 pp.], red hard-grained Morocco with gilt and blind tooling,…

  [A Tribute to His Royal Highness the Duke of Braband, Crown Prince of the Belgians, at the Occasion of his Eighteenth Birthday. Apr 9, 1853]   An ode in honour of the Duke of Brabant, the future Leopold II of Belgium, written for his 18th birthday. An example with a stunning watered-silk binding from the king’s personal library.  …

  12°. 172 pp., [4 pp.], original green cloth binding with white decoration and gilt lettering, original patterned endpapers (old owner’s signature on the first page, tiny cracks to the hinges of the front endpapers, otherwise in a good, read condition).  

  A fine, clean example with original dustjacket of one of the first German post-war cocktail books 8°, 167 pp. with black and white illustrations in text and interleaved colour plates, original dark-red cloth binding with silver embossed decoration on the cover and lettering on the spine, original illustrated dustjacket (dustjacket with minor sporadic scratches and tiny tears, but overall…