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Istanbul: Adolphe Braham, 1885 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 64 PP FRENCH REPORT. (Chapitre 1): djeddah- ses environs- son importance commerciale- eaux- climat- Autorites Turque- Coutumes- Esclavage- Maladies. (Chapitre 2): Itineraire de Djeddah a la Mecque- La Mecque- Ses anvironns- Ceremonie du Haram el Cherif- Description de la ville Sainte- Cherif actuel (Cherif Abd El Moutaleb). (Chapitre 3): Du Pelerinage, son origine- Description de cette ceremonie- conditions pour que le Pelerinage soit valable- Pelerinage de 1882. (Chapitre 4): Cholera- Congregations religieuses. Together with: Les Russes en Asie Mineure 1723-1877 Par M. Maxime Legrand, Paris, Imprimerie et Librairie Militaires 1878. 50 pp. bound together in contemporary ornamented hard cover, spine slightly chipped..

Uskudar: MuhendisHane-i Berr-i Humatun (The Royal school of military engneering) Atlas. Illus. by YUMNI. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 1860's THIRTY NINE HAND COLORED MAPS MOSTLY SIGNED BY (YUMNI). MOST OF THEM ARE DESCRIBED IN THE OTTOMAN TURKISH. ALL MAPS ON DOUBLE PAGES, TITLED AND WITH PRINTING DETAILS. LATER HARD COVER. FOLIO 40 X 28 CM. SCARCE. the maps are the followings: (1)Arabistan (Arabian peninsula) 56 x 47 cm. (2)Tarablus Gharb wa tunus (Libya and Tunisia) 56 x 39 cm. (3)Tarablus Gharb (Libya) 56 x 40 cm. (4)Misir ayalet I mumtaza si (territory of Egypt) 56 x 46 cm. (5)Yemen 69 x 33 cm. (6)Hejaz, 56 x 39 cm. (7)Ankara . (8)Sivas . (9)Ma'muat ul Aziz. (10)Diyar Bekir. (11)Bitlis. (12)Erzurum . (13)Van. (14)Mosul 56 x 39 cm. (15)Bagdad 56 x 39 cm. (16)Basra 55 x 39 cm. (17)Zor mutasarrifligi (Part of Mesopotamia. (18)Halep (Aleppo). (19)Adana. (20)Konya. (21)Kibris (Cyprus). (22)Caza'ir I Bahr I Sefid (the Wilaya of the Mediterranean sea islands). (23)Aydin. (24)Pega… Read More

38x28 cm. Open maps measures 38x52 cm. Some are handly colored. One index written in Ottoman Turkish. Printed in different printing houses by Ali Sharaf Pasha and others between 1892 and 1897 for the official military use. In contemporary binding. Rare Ottoman Atlas.

İn original decorative dark green binding with the Toghra (arm) of the Sultan Abdul Hamid II and the Ottoman cresent. Dedicated and signed by a possible member of the commity in 21-11-1321 (21-11-1905). With 14 plates in the end contain 34 original photographs of the accused people, equipments and explosive materials used in the assassination attempt. Ex-libris Ertugrul Zekai Okte. Armenians who were not able to get the desired results from their protests in Istanbul in 1895 and 1896 attempted to draw the attention of big powers by assassinating Abdulhamid II and carrying out big protests, and in this way, reach their goals by weakening the Ottoman Empire. Within this framework, it was decided to start intensive activities in Istanbul and İzmir in the Dashnaksutyun congress carried out in Sofia in January of 1904. According to this, the Sultan would be assassinated and then the government centre, Galata Bridge, Tunnel, Ottoman Bank, foreign embassies and some other private and official institutions… Read More

50x40 cm. Oil colors on wood, showing Ka'ba and surroundings inside the holy mosque. The painting shows the architectural details of the pillars in defferent colors with gold and design of the flour. Mounted in framework measured 72x61 cm. The painting is signed in red on the left bottom; Mehmed Hilal or Mehmed Jemal (?) and dedicated on the revers in pencil to an Ottoman scholar; Faziletlu Arif efendi piraderimiz yadigarimdir 14 Sevval 1318 (my dedication to my brother his virtue Arif Effendi 3-2-1901). Fine Ottoman painting of the holy Mosque in Mecca.

Photographic album of the Red Sea journey contains 76 photographs of which 20 taken in Jeddah and Mecca in 1902 showing the annual celebration of the coronation day of Sultan Abdul Hamid II , in the government house in Jeddah and Mecca. With tow photographs showing the government and the Emir of Hejaz . 33 x 24 cm. ألبوم صور فوتوغرافية ، رحلة تعود إلى التسعينيات من القرن التاسع عشر الميلادي و تحتوي على 76 صورة فوتوغرافية مختلفة المقاسات ، أكبرها 25سم طولا في 14.5سم عرضا (منها صورتان لامرأتين باللباس الحجازي) و أصغرها 9 سم طولا في 6 سم عرضا. و أكثر الصور من الحجم الكبير و الوسط. الألوم يظهر أنه أعد بواسطة مصور عثماني أثناء بعثة رسمية (عسكرية غالبا) خلال السواحل الغربية للجزيرة العربية. و يحتوي على… Read More

long 4to, 30. 192ff, with 26, 16ff appendix. WITH UNPUBLISHED PARTS. The most important of the specific history of Bulak press which later printed in Bulak printing house in 1953 as: تاريخ مطبعة بولاق و لمحة في تاريخ الطباعة في بلدان الشرق الأوسط Unique manuscript of the author.