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- RUSSO-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP – PROPAGANDA – WWII: „The Russian Glory!“ Latest Cables and Photos from the USSR
- 420.00€
- A scarce illustrated pamphlet was published during WWII by the Russian War Relief in New York to raise money for the supplies to fight against Nazi Germany on Russian soil. With articles written by famous names such as Dmitri Shostakovich and Constantin Simonov.
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- Books, India, New Acquisitions: December 2020
- SANSKRIT LANGUAGE / CALCUTTA IMPRINT: Sankhyadarshana or Aphorisms of a Theistic Philosophy by Maharshi Kapila with Commentary of Vijnanavikshu
- 1,200.00€
- A rare edition of Samkhya Darsana, a text related to the Yoga school of Hinduism, was published by the Sanskrit College of Calcutta. 8°. 246 pp., original wrappers with lettering (slightly age-toned and stained, tiny chips and tears in margins, but overall inside in a good clean condition, later stripe on the spine).
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- SARAJEVO EDUCATIONAL REVOLUTION: U znaku preporoda. Odjek Vidovićega pokreta u narodu. [In the Sign of Reborth. Results of Vidovic Movement in the Nation].
- 350.00€
- A unusual book of documents by Bosniaks and other nations, allegedly written all over the world, was published privately to promote a Movemnt of Miljenko Vidović from Sarajevo, Bosnia, to educate illiterate people with correspondence classes, in order to prevent misunderstandings and further wars.
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- SARAJEVO, Bosnia: A Hand-Written Report from 1870
- 350.00€
- An anonymous report on the situation in Bosnia was written in 1870 by a French agent, following the peace with the Ottoman Empire after the Treaty of Paris of 1856, when Bosnia was becoming a boiling pot of rebellion.
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- Books, New Acquisitions: October 2020, Ottoman Books, Turkica
- SCIENCE IN THE OTTOMAN WORLD: علم حيوانات و نباتات [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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- SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS / ISLAMIC QUADRANT: ربع دائِره نك صورت استعملى [Rubu Dairenin Suret-i İsti’mali / User’s Book of Quadrant]
- 3,500.00€
- A rare manual, published to revive the ancient knowledge of the use of Islamic Quadrant was written in the time of the Zenith of the Ottoman Empire, by a painter, scientist and captain at the Kuleli Military High School Ahmet Ziya Akbulut.
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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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- Balkans, Europe, Maps and Prints, New Acquisitions: December 2020, Serbia
- SERBIA
- 120.00€
- 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).
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