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- Books, New Acquisitions: October 2020, Ottoman Books, Turkica
SCIENCE IN THE OTTOMAN WORLD: علم حيوانات و نباتات [İlm-i Hayvanât ve Nebatât / The Knowledge of Animals and Plants]
- 650.00€
- An early illustrated Ottoman zoology and botany book is a translation of a contemporary German book. The translation, made by a medical doctor to sultan Abdulmejid I, Hekimbaşı Salih Efendi, during the time of the Tanzimat, was a major contribution to Ottoman understanding of the Western contemporary biology and terms, which provided the grounds for the further developing of science.…
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- Books, New Acquisitions: October 2020, Ottoman Books, Turkica
SCIENCE IN THE OTTOMAN WORLD: علم حيوانات و نباتات [İlm-i Hayvanât ve Nebatât / The Knowledge of Animals and Plants]
- 1,800.00€
- An early illustrated Ottoman zoology and botany book in a magnificent red morocco binding is a translation of a contemporary German book. The translation, made by a medical doctor to sultan Abdulmejid I, Hekimbaşı Salih Efendi, during the time of the Tanzimat, was a major contribution to Ottoman understanding of the Western contemporary biology and terms, which provided the grounds for…
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- Books, New Acquisitions: November 2020, Ottoman Books, Turkica
SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS / MODERN GEOMAGNETISM: رهنماى سفاين [Guide of Vessels / Rehnümayı Sefain or Rehnümâ-yi Sefâin]
- 2,000.00€
- The first Ottoman book on the modern geomagnetism and binnacle, including an almost always missing rotating volvelle Small 4°: 332 pp. with an illustrated title page, charts and one illustrations, 3 double-page illustrations including a colour lithograph, folding chart, a page with mounted volvelle, composed of two parts and a string and instructions on the last page, original errata…
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Shakespeare in Ottoman: هامله ت [Hamlet]
- 420.00€
- 8°: 71 pp., original wrappers with lettering, later spine (Ottoman annotations on the top of the title page, otherwise in a good condition).
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- Books, New Acquisitions: December 2020, Ottoman Books, Turkica
SILENT MOVIES / OTTOMAN EPHEMERAL SERIES
- 1,600.00€
- A charming complete series of 12 pamphlets in Ottoman Language with biographies of contemporary American silent movie actors combined with a presentation of one Russian and two Turkish silent movie stars offers a valuable insight in the modern society of the new Republic of Turkey and its perception of the popular culture of the West. 12 issues (complete). 12°.…
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- New Acquisitions: December 2020, Ottoman Books, Turkica
SILENT MOVIES / OTTOMAN LANGUAGE / BEN HUR: خارق العاده پر و غرام. … بن هور
- 550.00€
- An exceedingly rare illustrated program for the 1925 silent movie Ben Hur with Ramon Novarro was issued for the movie theatre in Konya, Turkey. Large 4°. 6 pp., [2 pp.] with black and white illustrations, printed on thin paper, unbound, as originally published (leftovers of old mounted and rubber taxation stamp on the cover, tiny holes in the…
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SKOPJE IMPRINT / MODERN EDUCATION: عملى فن تدريس. ابتدائى و رشدى معلم ومعلمه لرينه و بالخاصه دار المعلمين طلبه سنه مخصوص
- 680.00€
- [Amelî Fenn-i Tedris, İptidaî ve Rüşdî Muallim ve Muallimelerine ve Bilhassa Darülmuallimin Talebesine Mahsûs / For Male and Female Teachers of Primary and Secondary school and Especiallyof the Students of Gymnasiums] 8°, 162 pp., [6 pp.], later marbled wrappers (unread and uncut example, lower margin slightly age-toned and brittle with small chips).
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Socialism in the Ottoman Empire: سوسياليزم [Sosyalizm / Le socialisme, notions élémentaires]
- 820.00€
- The first book on socialism, published in the Ottoman Empire, in the year of the foundation of the Ottoman Socialist Party. 8°, 124 pp., [4 pp.] index and blank, later marbled wrappers (missing front original wrapper, very light staining, otherwise in a good condition).
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SOKOLLU MEHMED PASHA / OTTOMAN HISTORY: صوقوللو [Sokollu]
- 480.00€
- 8°. 334 pp., [1 p.], 20th century cloth with gilt lettering on the cover and spine (sheets with light foxing and staining, old hand-written price on the inner side of the back cover, overall in a good condition).
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Sous le haut patronage de sa majesté impériale le Sultan : Bazar de secours aux invalides et aux familles des victimes de la dernière guerre. تحت حمايه مفخمه حضره پادشاهيده محاربه احيره اولاد
- 960.00€
- [Taht-ı Himâye-i Mufahhame-i Hazret-i Padişahi'de Muharebe-i Ahire Evlad-ı Şüheda ve Ma'lulin-i Askeriyye İane Sergisi. İş bu sergide bulunan eşyadan boyalı olarak resim ve tab'a en ziyade elverişli olan bazı eşya-ı nefisenin resimleri havi albüm. Under the Patronage for His Imperial Majesty the Sultan. Relief Sale for the Invalides and Famileis of the Victims of the Last War] A colourful…
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SPIRITISM AND SUPERNATURAL / OTTOMAN EMIPRE: جنلرله مخابره اسپيرتيزم فقيريزم مانياتيزم
- 1,400.00€
- [Cinlerle Muhabere yahud İspiritizm, Fakirizm, Manyetizm / Talking to Spirits or Spiritism, Fakirism, Magnetism] 8°, 2 parts bound in one volume. 239 pp., 256 pp., original dark red cloth boards and brown Morocco spine with raised bands and gold lettering, original tan endpapers (slightly age-toned with light foxing, sporadic underlining and annotations in pencil and ball pen, old…
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Supplement du Servet-i-Funoun. No 1000. Les Anciens et les Nouveaux Collaborateurs du Sevret-I-Funoun qui vient de célébrer le 1000me numéro hebdomadaire de son existence. 1891-1910.
- 250.00€
- A rare informative supplement to the 1000 issue of the Ottoman cultural and literary magazine Sevret-i-Funoun contains portraits of the authors of the Ottoman new literature. Folio. [20] with black and white illustrations, unbound as originally published (minor traces of wear and staining, spine of the first sheet and the inner sheet repaired with an old tape, a…
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TATARS – MUSLIMS IN RUSSIA / CAIRO IMPRINT: روسيه ده مسلمانلر ياخود تاتار اقوامنك تاريخچه سى [Rusya’da Müslümanlar Yahud Tatar Akvaminin Tarihçesi / Muslims in Russia or a Short History of the Tatar People]
- 1,200.00€
- 12°. 88 pp., original front cover with lettering, 20th century brown cloth binding with lettering on the cover and spine (minor foxing, hand-written old price on the inner side of back cover, otherwise in a good condition).
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THE GREAT GAME / KHIVA, UZBEKISTAN: خيوه فى محرم ١٢٩٠ [Khiva in the Month of Muharram 1873]
- 950.00€
- 12°: [2] blank, 135 pp., folding map, original printed cover, bound in a mid-20th century brown cloth binding with lettering on the cover and spine, old typed annotations on the inner side of the back cover (old hand-written price on the inner side of the back cover, map with minor tears in margins and pin-size holes on the crossings of…
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The Rabies Vaccine: M. Pasteur et ses découvertes et spécialement de la méthode préventive contre le rage. Conférence faite d’abord, à Stamboul, à l’Ecole Impériale de Médicine le 7 mars et ensuite à Péra, au Syllogue Littéraire Grec le 22 mars 1887.
- 480.00€
- [M. Pasteur and His Discoveries and Especially Regarding the Preventive Method Against Rabies. Lecture Given First, in Istanbul, at the Imperial School of Medicine on March 7, and then in Péra, at the Greek Literary Sylloge on March 22, 1887]. 8°: 41 pp., original front wrapper, later red cloth binding with gilt lettering (good, minor staining and age-toning,…
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THEMATIC CARTOGRAPHY / EDUCATION HISTORY / RARE TURKISH PROVINCIAL PRINTING: Cihan İktisat Atlası [Universal Economic Atlas].
- 420.00€
- A rare and highly attractive little Turkish thematic atlas featuring 11 World maps detailing the locations of key agricultural and mineral resources; made by Ömer Lütfi, a secondary school teacher in Adana, in the spirit of President Atatürk’s sweeping educational reforms; published in Mersin, a stellar example of provincial Anatolian printing.
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Theory of Relativity in the Ottoman Empire: آينشتايز نظريه سى. مكان، زمان، و كتله مفهوملرينن تبدلى
- 1,200.00€
- A rare book on the theory of relativity was written by one of the first Ottoman electrical engineers Mehmed Refik and contains various experiments, which should be tested in order to confirm Einstein’s theory, published in the final form in 1916. Large 8°. 40 pp. with black and white illustrations, original illustrated wrappers (minor foxing, wrappers slightly scratched…
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TRAVELOGUE / MIDDLE EAST & INDIA: سياحت ژورنالى. يستانبولسن بغداده و هندستانه من سنه ١٣٠٠ الى ١٣٠٤
- 720.00€
- [Seyahat Jurnali. İstanbul'dan Bağdat'a ve Hindistan'a. Sene 1300 ila 1304 / Travelogue. From Istanbul to Baghdad and Istanbul. From 1883-1887]. 8°, 119 pp. with 12 interleaved black and white plates and one double-page plate, original yellow cloth boards with gilt and black lettering and decoration, later calf spine with gilt lettering, later marbled endpapers (minor foxing, endpapers slightly…
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TREATISE ON ISLAMIC CALENDAR: صلاح التقويم [Islahü’t-takvim]
- 1,200.00€
- A rare book, printed in Cairo, with parallel texts in Ottoman and Arabic, was written by the military leader and scientist Ahmed Muhtar Pasha and is advocating for the invariant Islamic calendar Small 4°, 72 pp., 45 charts (34 double page charts, 11 single page charts), contemporary blue boards and black cloth spine (slightly age-toned, title pages with…
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TRIPOLI, LIBYA: طرابلس غرب تارىخى [Trablusgarb Tarihi / History of Tripoli]
- 460.00€
- 8°, [2 pp.], 84 pp., interleaved 15 plates, original covers mounted on modern cloth binding, modern pink endpapers (minor foxing, small holes in inner white margin from old binding with a string, some plates loose, original covers slightly rubbed on the corners, tiny folds in corners, but overall in a good condition).
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TROTSKY / OTTOMAN EMPIRE / COMMUNISM: روسيى ده حقيقى وضعيت Rusyada hakiki vaziyet [The Real Situation in Russia]
- 380.00€
- This is an uncommon version of Leon Trotsky’s work, printed in Berlin in Ottoman script at the time of his exile in Turkey, which was strictly controlled by the government. The script, at the time not anymore used in Turkey, would be understood by most of the inhabitants of the former Ottoman Empire, expanding from the Balkans to the…
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TURCICA: Canons ou Règlements de Sultan Sélim II à son retour à Constantinople après une Victoi[re] complette sur les Allemands, concernant les Odgiaks et Casernes des Janissaires. Traduit de l’idiome Turc en idiome Français Par Jean Bapte Adanson
- 5,500.00€
- A unique manuscript French translation of an unpublished Turkish text with valuable information on Janissaries in the 16th century in Turkey, was written by a French Orentalist and translator Jean-Baptiste Adanson.
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Turkmen Tribes / Fake News / World War I: توركمن عشيرتلرى [Türkmen Aşiretleri / Turkmen Tribes]
- 450.00€
- An Ottoman propaganda text on the Turkmen tribes, published during World War I, with partly invented historical texts and statistics, written by an infamous fraudster Naci Ismail under an assumed names of foreign scientists. 8°. 533 pp., [3 pp.], original wrappers with lettering (wrappers slightly dusty and soiled with small tears, partly repaired spine, title page slightly age-toned,…
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