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  A charming pocket atlas in Ottoman language, made in the first years of the Republic of Turkey.   Long small 8°: [4 pp.], 24 pp., 120 pp., 34 colour lithographed maps and charts, some folding (complete – matching the list in text), contemporary half linen binding, debossed dark faux leather boards (minor staining, mostly on the edges, front endpapers…

A rare and highly attractive 19th Century sea chart of the coasts of Latvia and Estonia, by the Russian Maritime Ministry, with Toponymy in Cyrillic.

Colour lithograph, 70 x 51 cm (27.6 x 20 inches), verso views and advertisements (soft folds with small partly repaired holes on the crossings and tears in margins, minor staining, otherwise in a good condition).

The complete first year of one of the first newspapers on law, written under the Western influences and parallelly issued in Ottoman and Arabic languages.   8°. 12 parallel issues in Ottoman (203 pp.) and Arabic languages (199 pp.) (all together 24 units with 402 pp.), bound together. Original cloth boards, brown calf spine with gilt decoration and lettering, original…

A map from Umûm Vilayât-ı Şâhâneyi Hâvi Küçük Atlas - Umûmî Küçük Atlas (General Small Atlas)   Chromolithograph. 9 x 13,5 cm (3.5 x 5.3 inches).

  A Turkish translation of Gorky’s Lenin by a medical doctor, who believed that the Communism would protect the Caucasus Muslims from Armenian and Georgian imperialism.   8°, 45 pp., [3 pp.] blank, original wrappers with illustrated cover (minor staining, tiny folds and small tears in margins, but overall in a good condition).  

A seemingly unrecorded collection of cards featuring transparent illuminations that depict demons, illusions, and portraits of Napoleon Bonaparte, accompanied by sheets containing macabre tales and other stories, created during the height of gothic novels' popularity.   11 originally coloured engravings, each 7 x 6 cm (2.7 x 2.3 inches), 9 folded green sheets, each with printed title on the front,…

  Set of fascinating letter openers by the Eastern Telegraph Company, decorated with maps, calendar, measurements etc. 

  A rare empty official letterhead on parchment, with arms of the house of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.