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1681177630Amsterdam.: Jacob van Meurs. 1681. Engraving 12.5 x 16 cm a few spots affecting the image and edges a little rough but a dark impression in good condition. The sack of Baghdad by the Mongol Empire in 1258 originally included in Olfert Dapper's encyclopaedic study of the Middle East here re-engraved for the German edition of 1681 published by Jacob van Meurs. . (Jacob van Meurs) unknown
1680052334Inebolu -Kastamonu Bolu Sanjak: AH: 1096 1680. Soft cover. New. Original document sealed 'Abdürrahim'. Original manuscript written on a special paper with 'ahar'. Chipped extremities. Slightly foxing. Some stains. 16x11 cm. In Ottoman script. A 17th century Ottoman document about sales of a waqf land belongs to Sultan Bayezid-i Veli in Ineboluto Saban Dede. <br/> <br/> AH: 1096 paperback
1692052326Inebolu -Kastamonu Bolu Sanjak: AH: 1108 1692. Soft cover. Very Good. Original document sealed 'Abdüsseyyid'. Original manuscript written on a special paper with 'ahar'. Chipped extremities. Slightly foxing. Some stains. 32x15 cm. In Ottoman script. A 17th century law document including a traditional language in its period. A case about a debt claim between non-Muslim Greek citizen Andriye bin Lefter and muslim-Turkish citizen Mustafa Bise bin Mehmed. AH 1108 = AD 1692. 28 lines text and 3 lines names. Full. <br/> <br/> AH: 1108 paperback
1698371989Ottoman Empire 1698. 13 leaves written in divani and tavki script. Incomplete at the beginning and end. With four later miniatures. 1 vols. 4to 11.5 x 8 inches. Later cloth-covered board binding over an earlier binding. Rubbed and worn but sound text leaves edgeworn some loosened. AS IS. 13 leaves written in divani and tavki script. Incomplete at the beginning and end. With four later miniatures. 1 vols. 4to 11.5 x 8 inches. This is a fascinating 17th-century Ottoman manuscript compilation mecmua of various recipes historical notes numerology brief histories of prophets mentioned in the Qur'an a recipe for an aphrodisiac attributed to Sultan Bayezid II and records of various Ottoman officials and their tenures all reflecting the intellectual and daily life of the period. The text leaves bear various numbers suggesting this was formed from several different manuscript sources. The manuscript features four miniatures likely added in the 20th century. These include a depiction of a nude male anatomical figure an illustration of Ottoman scholars engaged in astronomical calculations and two drawings inspired by Kitab al-Hiyal by Al-Jazari showcasing mechanical devices and automata. The manuscript also contains numerous signatures marginalia and graphical notations.<br /> <br /> An intriguing manuscript that offers insight into the intellectual pursuits and everyday concerns of the Ottoman elite. unknown
1627ABC_48068Amsterdam: Broer Jansz. 1627. 19th-century gold-tooled brown morocco with the gold-tooled coat of arms of Victor Masséna 5th Prince dEssling and 3rd Duke of Rivoli 1836-1910 on both boards the title impressum and repeatedly the monogram "VM" lettered in gold on the spine gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins gilt edges marbled endpapers. Bound by the 19th-century French bookbinders Allô-Wampflug signed in the lower turn-ins at the front and back. 4to. With a large woodcut on the title page showing the Ottomans reaching Constantinople and 16 engravings in the text with emblematic scenes featuring sultans including Mehmet II and Sulaiman I animals such as unicorns nursing bears eagles ravens wolves snakes mythological figures rulers etc. Each plate is followed by an epigram and explanation. First Dutch edition of the divinations of the Byzantine Emperors Severus probably Lucius Septimius Severus 145-211 CE and Leo VI the Wise 866-912 CE on the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the 17th century. A second edition with the same plates appeared with the same publisher in 1640. The work is a separately published part of Historie van den oorsprongh geslacht geboorte opvoedinge en leere des grooten valschen progheets Mahomets also published by Broer Jansz in Amsterdam in 1627 and 1640. The 16 engravings are after the illustrations in the Codex of the Oracula of Leo Sapiens in the Amsterdam University Library MS 16.This copy was bound for Victor Masséna 5th Prince dEssling and 3rd Duke of Rivoli 1836-1910 by the famous 19th-century French bookbinders Allô-Wampflug. Masséna was a French army officer a member of Parliament for the Grasse constituency Alpes-Maritimes from 1863 to 1871 a Knight of the Légion d'honneur in 1859 and a bibliophile and scholar.With a small inscription on the verso of the first flyleaf "1847" washed. Overall in very good condition.l Livres à figures prov. De la biblioth. Du Prince dEssling. Vol. 2 1939 no. 228; STCN 841466505; USTC 1029656; Waller no. 1389. Broer Jansz., hardcover