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ANGIOLO MORI – GLI ITALIANI A CONSTANTINOPOL
Modena, Milan, 1906. 31x21.5 cm, 295 pp., 24 in-text, 2 full-page photographs and 3 full-page and many in-text tables, 1 plan. In hardcover binding.
A GREAT REFERENCE BOOK ON OTTOMAN RELATIONS WITH ITALIA DURING THE REIGN OF SULTAN ABDÜLHAMİD…
MORI EXPLORES THE ACTIVITIES, WAY OF LIVING AND DEVELOPMENTS OF THE ITALIAN COLONY IN ISTANBUL IN THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY…
FOUR MAIN CHAPTERS; “ITALIAN COLONIES IN CONSTANTINOPOLIS IN THE MIDDLE AGES”, “CAPITULATION PERIOD AND THE LEGAL STATUS OF ITALIANS”, “INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE”, “ITALIAN COMMUNITY”
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ANTONIO FORESTI (DOMINIQUE SUAREZ) – MAPPAMONDO ISTORICO
Guiseppe dal'Oglio, Venice and Parma, 1710. 22.5x16.5 cm, 548 pp. In vellum covered binding. In pretty good condition for a 310-year-old book, with some pages yellowing due to aging and some flaking on the parchment.
RARE… A 310-YEAR-OLD BOOK IN VELLUM COVERED BINDING OF THE PERIOD…
THE LIVES OF THE PROPHET, THE ISLAMIC CALIPHS, AND THE OTTOMAN SULTANS, FROM HIS HOLINESS MUHAMMAD TO III. AHMED…
THE 14-VOLUME UNIVERSAL HISTORY BOOK SERIES, BEGINNING BY ITALIAN JESUIT HISTORIAN ANTONIO FORESTI AND COMPLETED BY APOSTOLO ZENO, MARKI DOMINIQUE SUAREZ AND DOCTOR SILVIO GRANDI. VOLUME 6 DEVOTED TO MUHAMMAD AND THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE…
THIS BOOK IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION CONSIDERING ITS AGE…
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İBRAHİM ŞÂHİDÎ - TUHFE-İ ŞÂHİDÎ
Anonymous manuscript, circa 16th century. 20x14 cm, 40 p. Entirely leather-bound manuscript with motifs on the lids. Pages and binding have been repaired, sold as in the condition.
THE FAMOUS FARSI-TURKISH DICTIONARY OF MUĞLALI İBRAHİM (ŞAHİDÎ) DEDE, ONE OF THE MEVLEVI POETS, WRITTEN IN PERSIAN, TURKISH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 16TH CENTURY, IN THE FORM OF A POEM SO THAT IT CAN BE EASILY REMEMBERED…
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AUBRY DE LA MOTRAYE – VOYAGES DU SR. A. DE LA MOTRAYE, EN EUROPE, ASIE & AFRIQUE
First edition in French. T. Johnson & J. Van Duren, The Hague, 1727. 31x21 cm, 2 volumes; 1st vol. 471 pp., 2nd vol. 496 pp. In volume 1, 28 full-page and folding engravings, 2 folding maps; Volume 2 includes 17 full-pages and folding engravings, 2 folding maps. In its leather binding of the period, the ridge has been professionally repaired, it is in very good condition in general, it is definitely a professional collectible. Atabey 661, Weber 443, Blackmer 946
A RARE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT WORK…
WRITTEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 18TH CENTURY, IT IS A MASTERWORK THAT IS AS FAMOUS AS ITS TEXTS AND ENGRAVINGS…
45 EARLY WOODEN LINECUT FULL PAGE AND FOLDING ENGRAVING, 4 FOLDING MAPS…
AN ANALYTIC HISTORY OF MOTRAYE'S JOURNEYS IN EUROPEAN AND OTTOMAN LANDS FOR 26 YEARS FROM 1696, ACCOMPANIED BY THE STUNNING ENGRAVINGS OF HOGARTH, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTISTS OF THE 18TH CENTURY…
FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH OF 2 VOLUMES…
İSTANBUL’S THE PALACE AND WAY OF LIVING, POLITICAL EVENTS, NATIONS, SOCIETY AND TRADITIONS, MONUMENTS, RELIGIOUS AND OTHER COLOSAL STRUCTURES, CEREMONIES AND PARADES IN DETAIL, WITH ENGRAVINGS…
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CAROLINE FURET - HISTOIRE ABRÉGÉÉ DE L’EMPIRE OTTOMAN
First edition. Imprimerie Centrale, Istanbul, 1869. 208 pp., 19 x 13.5 cm. In the hard cover bound with fabric, decorated with gilded page edges, gilded tugra on the front lid, a gilded flower vase on the back cover, and gilded motifs on both lids.
BIOGRAPHIES OF THE OTTOMAN SULTANS FROM OSMAN GAZİ TO SULTAN ABDÜLAZİZ…
PRINTED AT THE IMPERIAL PRESS… FIRST EDITION…
Caroline Furet, a pioneer in Ottoman history books, refers to the biographies of Ottoman sultans from Osman Gazi to Sultan Abdülaziz in a chronological way, but concisely…
ATTRIBUTED TO SULTAN ABDÜLAZİZ…
FRONT LID EMBEDDED WITH GILDED SULTAN ABDULAZIZ TUGRA…
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ALFRED FREDERİCK RAWLINSON - ADVENTURES IN THE NEAR EAST 1918-1922
Andrew Melrose Ltd., London, 1923. 377 pp., 23x14x4.5 cm. 43 plates of photoengraving. Top page edges are gilded, in publisher's original cloth binding.
MEMORIALS OF A BRITISH INTELLIGENCE OFFICER SERVING IMPERIALIST AIMS ABOUT THE WAR OF INDEPENCE AND ARMENIAN EVENTS…
ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL REFERENCE BOOKS IN THE ARMENIAN DIASPOR'S RESOURCE LIST ON CLAIMS OF GENOCIDE… HIGHLY INTERESTING PHOTOS…
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ADALAR SALNAMESİ
Bahr-i Sefit Printing House, Rhodes, 1884 (h. 1301). 300 pp. (160 pages in Ottoman and 140 pages in Greek), 17 x 13 cm. In a leather-ridge binding with a hard cardboard cover decorated with Ottoman texts and motifs.
VERY RARE…
THE COPY OFFERED FOR SALE IS THE ONLY KNOWN ONE EXCEPT OFFICIAL COLLECTIONS SUCH AS THE BEYAZIT LIBRARY AND THE TURKISH HISTORIC INSTITUTION ARCHIVE…
THIS WORK, WHICH IS AN ANNUAL H.1301 (1884) YEAR OF ALGERIA-I BAHR-I SEFID VILLAGE, IS ONE OF THE RARE YEARBOOKS PUBLISHED ON THE MEDITERRANEAN AND AEGEAN ISLANDS…
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ARAPÇA MAZAMİR DAVUT (ARAPÇA MEZMURLAR KİTABI)
Fischel Rosenzweig, Beirut, 1885. 213 pp., 18 x 11 cm. In the hard cover binding with motif and Arabic “Psalm” print.
THE ORIGINAL ARABIC COPY OF THE BOOK OF PSALMS COMPOSED OF 150 HYMNS, A HEAD CLASSIC OF THE JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN PRAYER TRADITION, PRINTED IN BEIRUT DATING 1885…
IN THE PROVINCE OF BEIRUT, WHICH HAS A DIFFERENT IMPORTANCE FOR PUBLISHING IN THE HISTORY OF OTTOMAN CULTURE AND THE MEDIA, PRINTED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARIES, BOUND BY THE FAMOUS JEWISH BINDOR FISCHEL ROSENZWEIG…
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JEAN ANTOINE GUER - MOEURS ET USAGES DES TURCS; Leur Religion, Leur Governement Civil, Militaire Et Politique, Avec Un Abregé De L’histoire Ottomane
Merigot & Pigot: Paris, 1747. 29x21.5 cm, 2 volumes: Volume 1, 453 pp., Volume 2, 537 pp., 27 engravings; 21 of them are full-page and 6 of them are folding. 1 engraving missing. Gilded motifs on the ridge, entirely leather bound, ridge has been professionally repaired. In very good condition for a 275-year-old book. Atabey 534, Weber 761, Blackmer 762.
OTTOMAN HISTORY BOOK FROM OSMAN GAZI TO SULTAN I. MAHMUD FAMOUS WITH ITS ENGRAVINGS… RARE…
RARE AND HIGHLY WANTED 2 VOLUME BOOKS… Specifically the palace, the military organization and the traditions and customs of the Turks, their clothing and religious life are discussed in detail…
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İPEK BÖCEKÇİLİĞİNİN HER YÖNÜ
Manuscript, Bursa, 1906. 134 pp., 22 x 16 cm. Ottoman handwritten notebook in a hard cover with a pattern print and covered with blue fabric.
OTTOMAN MANUSCRIPT BOOK FROM SILK SCHOOL BURSA HARİR DARUTTALİM BY A GRADUATE STUDENT…
Ottoman manuscript notebook, dated 1906, belonging to a graduate of the famous silkworm school, Bursa Harir Darüttalimi, opened with the initiative of Duyun-i Umumiye…
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MUSTAFA KARAHİSARİ – AHTER-İ KEBİR
2 volumes together... Ottoman State Printing House, 1885. 19x13 cm, 1198 p. Leather ridge, lids with motifs and gilding printed cloth binding.
MUSTAFA KARAHİSARI'S MOST FAMOUS WORK, AHTER-İ KEBİR'S OTTOMAN STATE PRESS PRINT DURING THE II. ABDULHAMID PERIOD…
THE COPY OF AHTER-I KEBIR OF 40,000 WORDS, COMPLETED BY MUSTAFA KARAHISARI IN 1545, WAS PUBLISHED AT THE OTTOMAN STATE PRESS DATING 1885 IN 2 VOLUMES TOGETHER…
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HATTAT HACI MUHAMMED SARATAM - KURAN
Calligrapher Haji Mohammed Saratam, h. 978 (1570-1571 Gregorian). 15x10 cm. In gilded and blue decorated solid plate illumination, in nesih calligraphy style, in red miklep leather binding. It is in very good condition for a 450-year-old Koran, the first and last 2 pages repaired.
QURAN MANUSCRIPT OF 450 YEARS…
HIGHLY VALUABLE FOR THE HISTORY OF OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHY…
MUSHAF-I SHERIFF ON RED MICLEBED LEATHER BIND DATING H. 978, EARLY OTTOMAN PERIOD, WITH GOLD AND BLUE DECORATION AND SERL PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS AND WRITTEN IN NASIH CALLIGRAPHY…
A VERY VALUABLE QURAN FOR THE HISTORY OF OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHY, HANDWRITTEN BY CALLIGRAPHER HAJI MUHAMMED SARATAM, WITH THE MOST POPULAR OF AKLAM-I SİTTE (6 FUNDAMENTAL CALLIGRAPHY STYLES) AT THE PERIOD…
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FERİDÜDDİN ATTAR – PENDNAME
1818. 23x13 cm, 22 pp. Cover edges with gilded motifs, in red leather binding. In excellent condition.
FROM MEVLANA'S REFERENCE BOOKS, ADVICE IN PERSIAN OF THE GREAT SUFI FERİDÜDDIN ATTAR…
THIS COPY IS WRITTEN BY THE FAMOUS CALLIGRAPHER MEHMED NAZIF EFENDI AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 19TH CENTURY…
IN SUPER CONDITION…
PENDNAME (ADVICE) WRITTEN IN PERSIAN BY THE GREAT SUFI FERIDÜDDIN ATTAR IS A MONUMENTAL WORK WRITTEN IN THE FORM OF POETRY WITH ADVICE THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN VALID FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL LIFE AND HAS BECOME ALMOST WISE APHORISMS. A COPY WRITTEN BY CALLIGRAPHER MEHMED NAZIF EFENDI IN 1234 (1818) WITH A VERY AESTHETIC CALLIGRAPHY TALIK SCRIPT AND GOLD DECORATION ON THE HEAD. GAZELLE SKIN ON THE MIKLEBED COVER…
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FRANCISCO CANES – DICCIONARIO ESPANOL LATINO-ARABIGO
Don Antonio Sancha, Madrid, 1787. 3 vols: vol 1; 593 pp., vol. 2; 554 pp., vol. 3; 632 p. 36.5x25.5 cm, 4 engraving heads. Entirely in leather binding. In very good condition, despite wear and peeling on the cover skin.
VERY RARE… OLDEST KNOWN SPANISH ARABIC PRINTED DICTIONARY…
WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED WITH THE AIM OF FACILITATING THE MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES OF SPANISH FRENCHISCEN MISSIONARY IN THE OTTOMAN LAND, ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST…
3 LARGE SIZED VOLUMES OF 235 YEARS…
HIGH COLLECTION VALUE DUE TO THE HANDWRITING IN 1898 IN SPANISH ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE FIRST VOLUME…
WRITTEN BY FRANCISCO CANES, SPANISH FRENCHISCEN MIDDLE EAST MISSIONER AND PUBLISHED BY ANTONIO DE SANCHEZ, ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZED PRINTERS OF THE PERIOD…
IN EXCELLENT CONDITION (DESPITE SOME WEAR ON THE COVERS)…
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SÜLEYMAN ÇELEBİ (Hattat; RUŞEN FEVZİ) – MEVLİD-İ ŞERİF
Manuscript, 1847. 21.5x15.5 cm, 67 p. Entirely in leather binding. Cover, ridge and first page professionally repaired.
THE IMMORTAL WORK OF SÜLEYMAN ÇELEBİ…
A BEAUTIFUL IN 19TH CENTURY WRITTEN COPY OF MEVLID-I ŞERİF, ONE OF HIS IMPRESSIBLE MASTERPIECES IN TURKISH CULTURAL HISTORY…
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MÜDERRİS İCAZETNAMESİ
1863. 24x17 cm, 34 p., on a fabric-decorated miklebed binding with Nesih calligraphy. Some pages are repaired, sold in the condition.
A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE TURKISH EDUCATIONAL HISTORY…
DIPLOMAS GIVEN TO THEIR STUDENTS BY THE TEACHERS TO PARTICIPATE IN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES WITH AN EFFECTIVE IDENTITY…
MUDERRIS' DIPLOMA GIVEN TO HAFIZ ŞEVKET EFENDİ BY HIS TEACHERS IN 1863…
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KĀDÎ İYÂZ (Hattat; HAFIZ MUSTAFA RAFET EFENDİ) - ŞİFA-İ ŞERİF
Calligrapher Hafiz Mustafa Rafet Efendi, İstanbul, h.1270 (1854). 18.5x14.5 cm. Gazelle skin, in its original binding with miklep. In very good condition…
THE WORK WRITTEN IN ARABIC BY KADI İYAZ, AN ANDALUSIAN PERIOD ULEMA, IN 1140 AND CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL SOURCES ON THE WORD AND LIVES OF THE PROPHET OF ISLAM…
A MASTERPIECE OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD… IT IS A IMPORTANT REFERENCE BOOK IN THE OTTOMAN BOOK TRADITION…
IN VERY GOOD CONDITION…
Şifa-i Şerif, written by Kadı İyaz in 1140, introduces and explains the greatness of the Prophet and the respect and love that should be shown to the Prophet, and teaches Muslims to defend the rights of the Sultan-i Anbiyâ (Hz. Muhammad) throughout the ages. It is a masterpiece that has received great attention in the Islamic world…
ACCORDING TO FAMOUS ORIENTALIST MASSIGNON IT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO TRANSLATE THIS WORK TO EXPLAIN MUHAMMAD'S SUPERIORITY TO THE EUROPEANS…
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İBRAHİM HAKKI – MARİFETNAME
Ottoman Bookkeepers Company, Istanbul, 1310 (1894). Ottoman 564 p., 33x23.5 cm, 22 drawings. Renewed all-leather cover.
ENCYCLOPEDIA WORKS OF TURKISH SCIENTIST İBRAHİM HAKKI…
THE SECOND OF IBRAHİM HAKKI'S 2 MAIN WORKS…
THE ENCYCLOPEDIC WORK OF TURKISH SUFI İBRAHIM HAKKI, COVERING INFORMATION FROM MYTH TO ASTRONOMY AND HUMAN ANATOMY…
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NEDİM – DİVANI
Circa 18th century. 23x14 cm, 54 pages. Handwritten on scaled paper with illuminated head. In leather binding. It is in very good condition, a collectible copy, it has no serious flaws other than aging except for the repair of a tear on the ridge and a page edge.
18TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT DIWAN OF NEDIM, ONE OF THE MONUMENTAL POETS OF TURKISH LITERATURE…
A COPY OF HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE VALUE…
A BEAUTIFUL MANUSCRIPTED DIWAN COPY CONTAINING THE POEMS OF THE FAMOUS TULIP ERA POET NEDIM, WHO BECAME A LEGEND WITH HIS POEMS WRITTEN ON ISTANBUL…
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MUSTAFA KARAHİSARİ – AHTER-İ KEBİR
Kütahya, c. 1545. 23x14.5 cm, pages unnumbered. Floral motif, leather binding with rosette.
END OF 16TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPTED ARABIC TURKISH DICTIONARY…
COPY OF AHTER-İ KEBİR MANUSCRIPTED BY AHMED BIN CIHAN WITH 40,000 WORDS COMPLETED BY MUSTAFA KARAHİSARI IN 1545…
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ABİDİN PAŞA – MESNEVİ ŞERHİ
6 chapters, 2 volumes, 1884. 24,5x16 cm. Volume 1, Part 1, 372 pages, Volume 1, Part 2, 294 pages; Volume 1, Part 3, 269 p.; Volume 2, Part 1, 241 pp., Volume 2, Part 2, 244 pp., Volume 2, Part 3, 240 pp. Leather ridge, panzolite cover bindings.
ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS TRANSLATIONS OF MASNAVI…
THE TRANSLATION OF FAMOUS PAINTER ABIDIN DINO'S GREAT GRAND GRAND ABIDIN PASHA FROM PREVEZE'S TRANSLATION OF MUSNAVI, WHICH CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO MEVLEVI CULTURE…
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ŞEMSEDDİN SAMİ – KAMUS-I FRANSEVİ
Mihran Printing House, İstanbul, 1898. 19x12.5 cm, 2 volumes, 1st volume; 943s., vol. 2; 1919 p. Ridge and lid corners are leather covered, in hard cover binding.
FRENCH-TURKISH DICTIONARY PRINT 1898...
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