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Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Contemporary cloth bdg. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). [4], [4], 454 p., 21 folded plates including numerous 288 b/w plates. Minor wear on extremities of boards and spine. Dark blue endpapers. A tear on the last plate, not missing. A minor chip on the head page. Several plates are missing. A plate was repaired in its period with a good Ottoman blind-stamped paper. Fading on boards. Otherwise a good copy. Extremely rare first edition of this first physics textbook ever published in the Ottoman Empire, including 32 modern physical subjects in 21 chapters with two articles, by early physics and math teachers in the Mühendishâne [i.e. Ottoman Engineering School] Mehmed Emin Dervish Pasha. This work, prepared to be taught in engineering schools, is valuable for its plain expression, variety of the first subjects in the period it deals with, and its content enriched with illustrations. This rare book is very important to be the first textbook to cover the following topics: Ratio of forces to velocities and their effects on objects, centripetal force, lever, pulley, inclined plane, weight, the pressure of liquids, the balance of gases, barometer, manometer, theoretical views on some musical instruments, heat dissipation force of objects, heat increase forces, thermometer, etc. Dervish Pasha also included in his book the pioneering experiments that he had done in Muhendishane, which attracted a lot of attention during his time in the Ottoman scientific society. (Sources: The First Physics Textbook in Ottoman State: Usûl-ü Hikmet-i Tabiiye (Introduction to the Philosophy of Nature), Akagündüz, S. Y.). Hegira 1281 = Gregorian 1865. Only two institutional copies in OCLC 49368193.; Özege 22161.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original decorative 1/4 leather bdg. with Ottoman lettered gilt on spine. Original marbling interior. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script. [8], 545, [8] p. Ilm-i ensâc-i tabiiye: Osmanli Tib Fakültesi ilm-i ensâc ve mübahis. After graduating from the Military Medical School in Istanbul in 1898, Doctor and Captain Tevfik Recep Bey were sent to the University of Würzburg (Germany) on September 19, 1899, by Rieder Pasha, founder of GATA for his doctorate on the histology and embryology, after a year of internship training. He completed and returned to Turkey and became the first Turkish physician to study a doctorate in this field. After training in the modern sense, Turkey Histology and Embryology Dr. Tevfik Recep Örensoy began to teach in Turkey and In Turkey, the longest and most regular contributors in this area again, Dr. Tevfik Recep Örensoy did it. Tevfik Recep Örensoy, who left GATA in 1909 and moved to the newly established Istanbul Faculty of Medicine; he established the Histology and Embryology Chair here and published his first Histology book in the same year. Dr. Tevfik Recep Örensoy published a Histology Atlas in 1911 and an Embryology book in 1935. First Edition. Özege 8867.
Oviedo, Instituto de Estudios Asturianos, 1967. 4to. mayor; 6 hs., 325 pp., 1 h. Cubiertas originales.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original autograph letter handwritten signed by Mahmud Sevket. (33x21 cm). In Ottoman script. 1 p. Case and its response by Mahmud Sevket when he was the governor of Kosovo. Document has 17 lines including the case of 'comitadjis' in Gjilan region of Kosovo. Report says that several comitadjis have been arrested and for them the court was expected to issue a death sentence. In his response, Mahmud Sevket Pasha has ordered that the death penalty should be converted to life rowing (hard labour). Mahmud Sevket's text: "Mabeyn-i Humayun Cenâb-i mülûkâne-i bas kitâbet celilesinden (?) celileden teblîg buyurulan telgrafane-i âlîsi sureti bilâde nakl-i (?) müebbeden kürek cezasi ile mahkûm edilerek idamlari cihetine gidilmemenin azâ-yi muhakemeye ettirilmeyeek ve muamelât-i muhakeme-i te'dib etmekte olan memuriye mucibiince dahi anlasilamayacak surette muhakeme-i fevkalâde re'isine bizzat sifâhen teblîg buyurulmus ve isbu muharebenin nezd-i âlîsinde hifz-i (?) müsarinileyhin emriyle müstesnâdir. Yevm-i muhakeme gayr-i mâlûm ise de bunun yarisinin bile icrâ olunmasi mahtumun bulunduguna göre teblîgâtin ihtiyâten teblîgi (?) baskaca beyân olunur efendim. Kosova Vâlisi Birinci Ferik Mahmud Sevket.".
Very Good Greek, Modern (post 1453) Original wrappers. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Greek (Modern). 244 p. Stains on margins, spine is loosened and slight marginal chippings on papers. An untrimmed and unopened, and a good copy. First and only Greek edition of this rare medical book printed in Paris, on physiology by Mavrogenis who was one of the most influential professors of medicine at the Constantinople Medical School where he taught the course in internal medicine. In this book, he clearly presents the state of the art in Physiology at the time, makes a clear distinction between Physiology and Psychology in terms of their methodologies, and accurately describes the then-current state of the "Brain - Mind Problem". (George Anogianakis, Reflections of Western Thinking on Nineteenth Century Ottoman Thought: A Critique of the 'Hard-Problem' by Spyridon Mavrogenis, a Nineteenth Century Physiologist). Mavrogenis was a Phanariot Greek doctor who was the physician of Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. A member of the Mavrogenis family, his great-grandfather was Petros Mavrogenis. Theodore Blancard stated that the Mavrogenises or the Morozonis was of Venetian heritage. His father died when he was young, so he lived with his uncle, Ioannis Mavrogenis, who was living in Vienna as the chargé d'affairs of the local Ottoman mission. He had studied at the Chalcis Commercial School prior to living with his uncle and at a medical studies program in Vienna from 1835-1843. He initially remained in that city, working in a city-owned hospital as an auxiliary doctor. He came back to Constantinople in 1845. Whilst back in Turkey, he became a doctor in the Artillery Hospital, and then, beginning in 1848, a professor at the Imperial Medical School. He initially taught hygiene, and later pathology. There he advocated for French as a medium of instruction. He held meetings of the Greek Literary Society, created in 1861, at his house. OCLC locates only two copies (261976425) in Stanford University Lane Medical Library and Utrecht University Library, but with the copies "317 pages". Our presented copy has 244 pages with "Telos" [i.e. Finish] without missing pages.
[Venetiis, apud Baltassarem Constantinum ad signum divi Georgii, 1553-1554], voll. 2 legati in 1, in-8 piccolo, pergamena floscia coeva, cc. da 3 a 222 - [4], 97. Esemplare scompleto e parzialmente sciolto: al primo volume mancano le carte a1 (frontespizio), a2, r4, r5, E7 e E8 (bianca); al secondo volume le carte N2, N3, N4, N5, N6, N7, N8, il fascicolo finale O (8 carte) e 2 tavole f.t.
Very Good French Original business card. 7x11 cm. Written 'Le Khedive'. Abbas Hilmi Pasha was the last Khedive (Ottoman viceroy) of Egypt and Sudan, ruling from 8 January 1892 to 19 December 1914. In 1914, after Turkey joined the Central Powers in World War I, the nationalist Khedive was removed by the British, then ruling Egypt, in favor of his more pro-British uncle, Hussein Kamel, marking the de jure end of Egypt's four-century era as a province of the Ottoman Empire, which had begun in 1517. Extremely rare. (See. 'Tamga, pençe, tugra, imza' by Kologlu, Orhan. p. 98).
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original manuscript copy of 1593 numbered Medical and Health Law of Turkish Republic, adopted in April, 24, 1930. No author. 32x22 cm. In Ottoman script. [37] p. Including full 309 articles of law. Written with a fine Riq'a script. "The Ministry of Health was founded on 3 May 1920 with the law no. 3 following the opening of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The first minister of health in Turkey is Dr. Adnan Adivar (Husband of famous Turkish female writer Halidde Edip Adivar). In this period, the issues of reconstruction after the war, the healing of the war wounds and formation of the key legislation in oder to found the country's health system were focused on. The foundations of the current public health system in Turkey were laid between the years of 1923 and 1946. In this period, a number of acts were put into effect to clearly and definitely specify the duties and functions of the Ministry of Health which was responsible for planning, arranging and applying the health programs. Such law as the General Health Law (Umumi Hifzissihha Kanunu) (1930/1593) which are still in effect today were enforced...". (Source: Legal, Ethical, Social Aspects of Public Health Care in Europe and Beyond: Croatia, Japan, Portugal and Turkey, Vol. 2).
ca 60 p. Hardcover Very good condition Notes of instructions by Dr, Knight and Dr. Ives
6 volumi in 1 in-8° (cm. 21), solida ed elegante legatura coeva in m. pelle, dorso a nervi con titolo e decorazioni in oro, tagli a spruzzo; carte in ottimo stato (sporadiche e lievi fioriture). Bell'insieme di 12 opere d'interesse lombardo ma di svariati argomenti. Contiene una tavola ripiegata f.t. dell'eclissi. Ottimo esemplare.
716 SS. Mit 5 (statt 6) gest. Tafeln. - (Beigebunden): Nova acta eruditorum, anno MDCCXLIX (1749) publicata. (4), 720, (28) SS. Mit 4 (von 6) gest. Tafeln. Halbpergamentband der Zeit mit goldgepr. Rückentitel. Dreiseitiger Farbschnitt. 4to. Sammelband zweier Jahrgänge des bekannten, von Friedrich Otto Mencke herausgegebenen und 1732-76 erschienenen gelehrten Periodikums, das die seit 1682 erscheinenden "Acta eruditorum" ablöste. Beiträge aus Mathematik, Philologie, Jurisprudenz, Bibliothekskunde, Theologie etc. - Vereinzelt unbedeutend braunfleckig. Es fehlt der Titel des Jahrgangs 1748. Diesch 1. Kirchner 91. ZDB-ID 504753-5.
- Delahaye, Masson, Etc, Paris, Lyon, Budapest, Le Caire, Bruxelles 1869, Fort in 8 (16x22cm), Un Vol. relié. - Editions originales de ces articles et mémoires séparés par un feuillet blanc. Demi Basane verte d'époque. Pièce de titre en veau noir. Filets. Coiffes très frottées. Cette importante réunion d'articles ophtalmologiques comprend par ordre : -Notes sur l'hygiène oculaire dans les écoles et dans la ville de Lyon par J. Gayat. Lyon. Delahaye. 1874. 30pp. -Guérison de six aveugles nés par M. le Dr Louis Fialla. Bucarest. 1878. 32pp. -Sur les causes ordinaires d'insuccès dans l'extraction de la cataracte de Morgani et sur les moyen d'en triompher par le Dr Georges Martin de Cognac. Paris. Delahaye. 1878. 20pp. -Clinique ophtalmologique du Dr de Wecker à Paris. Relevé statistique par le Dr Masselon des opérations pratiquées pendant l'année 1876. Paris. Delahaye. 1877. 32pp. 5 fig. in texte. -Clinique ophtalmologique du Dr de Wecker à Paris. Relevé statistique par le Dr Masselon des opérations pratiquées pendant l'année 1875. Paris. Delahaye. 1876. 35pp. 3 fig. in texte. -Clinique ophtalmologique du Dr de Wecker à Paris. Relevé statistique par le Dr Masselon des opérations pratiquées pendant l'année 1874. Paris. Delahaye. 1875. 32pp. -De la cataracte, quelques remarques concernant l'étiologie. De l'infuence de l'état général sur les résultats de l'opération , observations par le Dr H. Romiée. Bruxelles. Henri Manceaux. 1877. 22pp. -Considérations générales sur l'ophtalmie communément appelée ophtalmie d'Egypte par le dr Dutrieux. Le Caire. 1878. 150pp. 2 pl. (9 fig.) -De l'opération de la cataracte. Nouveau procédé... Par le Dr Deloulme, de Lyon. Lyon. L. Bourgeon. 1878. 15pp. -Sur l'ophtalmoscope par le Dr C. M. Gariel. Paris. Savy. 1869. 46pp. -Du traitement névro-dynamique dans certaines maladies des yeux par le Dr Chapman. Paris. P. Asselin. 1878. 16pp. -Recherches d'anatomie pathologique oculaire sur un cas de choroïdite purulente avec décollement de la rétine par Fr. Poncet. Paris. Masson. 1875. 35pp. 6 pl. en couleurs et 13 fig. (cet article est présent par deux fois dans le recueil). -Du staphylome opaque et de son traitement par O. P. Duquesnay. Paris. Delahaye. 1875. 54pp. -Phénomènes ophtalmoscopiques invoqués comme signes de la mort par le Dr J. Gayat. Sans page de titre 1875. (Gand, Van Doosselaere). 9pp. -Clinique des maladies des yeux du Dr Landolt. Compte rendu pour l'année 1878. Coulommiers. P. Brodard. 1879. 30pp. 6 fig. -Contribution à l'étude des amblyopies symptomatiques de la syphilose cérébrale par C. Mauriac. Paris. Delahaye. 1878. 16pp. -L'introduction du système métrique dans l'ophtalmologie par le Dr. Landolt. Paris. Delahaye. 1876. 33pp. 3 fig. -Etude sur l'accomodation de l'oeil par L. V. poulain. Paris. Masson. 1876. 31pp. De la mydriase par E. Percepied. Paris. Delahaye. 1876. 78pp. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
46, (1) SS. 127, (1) SS. 130 SS. Mit 2 gefalt. Kupfertafeln. Ital. Interimspappband der Zeit mit marmoriertem Rückenbezug und hs. Rückentitel. 8vo. Fragment von Bd. 1 der ersten italienischen Ausgabe, enthaltend drei wichtige Aufsätze, darunter der bahnbrechende Text "De analysi aquarum" (1778), "the first comprehensive account of the analysis of mineral waters" (DSB II, 5) - im einzelnen: "Della ricerca della verità"; "Dell' acido aereo" und "Dell' analisi dell' acque". Es fehlen der Titel sowie die auf das Vorliegende folgenden Aufsätze (32; 20; 30; 76; 64 SS.; 2 weitere Tabellen); außerdem der 1788 erschienene 2. Band (120; 50; 48; 84; 46; 30; 62; 110; 64 SS; 2 Tabellen). "The odd pagination is due to each of the individual dissertations having its own pagination within the vols. - Very scarce. A selection of essays translated from the Latin of Opuscula Physica et Chemica, most based on the French edition of 1780-1785, with notes by Guyton de Morveau. They are all separately paged and signed, with some having errata at end. Most have Tofani's signed dedication and notes signed by him [...] There are [...] two folding etched plates of chemical apparatus" (Curtis Schuh's Biobibliography of Mineralogy). - Hier offenbar als Teil einer anderen Zusammenstellung gebunden: Der Rückentitel lautet "Raccolta di Opuscoli Tom. III". Monström 280. Cole 105.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original manuscript autograph document signed by Mehmed Said Pasha sent to Trabzon Vilayat, Ordu Kaza, Hasbamane Nahiya local manager, faziletlu 'Mehmed Ali Sevki Beyefendi'. 33,5x20 cm. Folded. 1 p. In Ottoman script. Mehmed Said Pasha was an Ottoman monarchist, senator, statesman and editor of the Turkish newspaper Jerid-i-Havadis. He supported the CUP, the political party which came to power after the Ottoman coup d'état of 1913. His origin comes from 'Sebazâde family' from Ankara. He became first secretary to Sultan Abdul Hamid II shortly after the Sultan's accession, and is said to have contributed to the realizations of his majesty's design of concentrating power in his own hands; later he became successively minister of the interior and then governor of Bursa, reaching the high post of grand vizier in 1879. He was grand vizier seven more times under Abdul Hamid II, and once under his successor, Mehmed V. He was known for his opposition to the extension of foreign influence in Turkey. n 1896, he took refuge at the British embassy in Constantinople, and, though then assured of his personal liberty and safety, remained practically a prisoner in his own house. He came into temporary prominence again during the revolution of 1908. On 22 July he succeeded Mehmed Ferid Pasha as grand vizier, but on the 6 August was replaced by the more liberal Kâmil Pasha, at the insistence of the Young Turks. Also during 1908, Mehmed Said Pasha bought the famed Istanbul arcade in the Beyoglu (Pera) district, today known as Çiçek Pasaji ("Flower Passage"). The modern name became common in the 1940s; during Mehmed Said Pasha's ownership in the 1900s and 1910s, the arcade was known as Sait Pasa Pasaji ("Said Pasha Passage"). During the Italian crisis in 1911-12, he was again called to the premiership. He was again removed from power by the Savior Officers (who backed the Freedom and Accord Party (Liberal Union) against the Committee of Union and Progress) and replaced by a new cabinet supported by the Officers and the Freedom and Accord Party. The CUP would return to power, however, the next year after the Ottoman coup d'état of 1913. (Source: Wikipedia). Seven lines on special paper with watermark 'Joynson Superfine'. Letter of request to provide teaching for some students in the region.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original paper autograph letter handwritten signed by Mahmud Sevket, Izzeddin Çalislar. (33x21 cm). In Ottoman script. 2 p. Repaired back side. Request of a surgical operation by 'Said bin Mehmed' (Siroz Redif Taburu Efrâdindan) and Mahmud Sevket Pasha and Izzeddin's confirmations. Signed by Mahmud Shevket Pasha as "commander of Turkish countercoup of 1909 (Hareket Army)" and by Izzeddin [Çalislar] as "Erkân-i Harb Kolagasi (Batallion commander)". The Ottoman countercoup of 1909 (13 April 1909) was an attempt to dismantle the Second Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire and replace it with an autocracy under Sultan/Caliph Abdul Hamid II. Unfortunately for the advocates of representative parliamentary government, mutinous demonstrations by disenfranchised regimental officers broke out which led to the collapse of the Ottoman government. Characterized as a counterrevolution, chaos reigned briefly and several people were killed in the confusion. It was instigated by some parts of the Ottoman Army in a large part by a certain Cypriot Islamic extremist. Dervish Vahdeti reigned supreme in Istanbul for 11 days. The Countercoup was put down in the 31 March Incident, on 24 April 1909 by the Army of Action (Hareket Ordusu) which was the 11th Salonika Reserve Infantry Division of to the Third Army (Ottoman Empire) commanded by Mahmud Shevket Pasha. Extremely rare.
Very Good French Original b/w press photograph of Emin Ali Sipahi with news' title "The first Turkish ambassador to China joins his post". Text in French on verso: "S. E. Emin Ali Sipani [sic. Sipahi] (au centre) passant en revue la Garde d'Honneur a son arrivee a Chungking, capitale provisoire de la Chine. C'est la premiere fois que la Turquie envoie un ambassadeur en Chine. Photo NYT Paris 2.2.40 DB. N.Y. Document vise et publication autorise par la censure No 46.756.". New York Times and photograpers' stamps on verso. Probably this photo published by New York Time in 1932.
Very Good German Original b/w photograph. (14 x 9 cm). Dated August, 10, 1926. No photograph studio. Youth of Farhreddin Kerim. Letter on verso, but it does not belong to Gökay: "10 Agustos 926, Pazar. Fransa'da tahsilde bulunan bir gencin magrur ve muhterem hanim yengesine küçücük bir hatirasi. (Signed) as (?) Kenan".
Very Good Turkish Original b/w photograph. (14 x 9 cm). No date. Yücel in the crowd when he was Minister of Education of Turkey. Yücel was a Turkish writer, teacher and politician who served as Minister of National Education of Turkey from December 1938 to August 1946. He is remembered for his reforms of the education system, and the foundation of Village Institutes. He was the father of Turkish poet Can Yücel.
Very Good French Original b/w photograph of Mehmed Münir Ertegün Bey taken in 1932 in Paris. London News and Pieppe Dupuy & Cie.'s stamped on verso. [Photograph of Mehmed Münir [Ertegün] Bey]. Photograph by Pieppe Dupuy & Cie. Münir Bey was a Turkish legal counsel in international law to the "Sublime Porte" (imperial government) of the late Ottoman Empire and a diplomat of the Republic of Turkey during its early years. Ertegun married Emine Hayrünnisa Rüstem in 1917 and the couple had three children, two of whom were Nesuhi and Ahmet Ertegun, the brothers who founded Atlantic Records and became iconic figures in the American music industry. Born in Constantinople to a civil servant father, Mehmet Cemil Bey, and a mother Ayse Hamide Hanim, who was a daughter of Sufi shaykh Ibrahim Edhem Efendi, he studied law at Istanbul University and graduated in 1908. He was a legal counsel for the Ottoman Ministry of Foreign Affairs, when he saw the birth of his first son, Nesuhi, on 26 November 1917, in Constantinople (now Istanbul), during the First World War. Taking part in an Ottoman delegation with a mission to search reconciliation with the Nationalists in Ankara, by the end of 1920, changed his destiny. While the two Ottoman Ministers heading the delegation returned to Istanbul after not achieving an understanding with the revolutionaries led by Mustafa Kemal Pasha he chose to join the National Struggle and remained in Ankara, leaving behind his young wife and three-year-old son, Nesuhi. He became an aide to Mustafa Kemal during the Turkish War of Independence and the chief legal counsel of the Turkish delegation to the resulting Treaty of Lausanne in 1923. After the Western powers recognized the newly founded Republic of Turkey in 1923, he was sent to Geneva to the League of Nations as an observer for the Turkish Republic. During this assignment, he frequently went to Paris for the Ottoman public debt negotiations. Following this posting to the League of Nations, he was appointed ambassador to Switzerland (1925-1930), France (1930-1932), the United Kingdom (1932-1934) and the United States (1934-1944). As the Republic's ambassador to Washington, Ertegun opened his embassy's parlors to African American jazz musicians, who gathered there to play freely in a socio-historical context which was deeply divided by racial segregation at the time. Ambassador Ertegun became the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in May 1944. He held this last post until he died in Washington, D.C., of a heart attack in November of the same year. In April 1946, a year after World War II had ended, his body was carried back to Istanbul by the USS Missouri and buried in the garden of Sufi tekke, Özbekler Tekkesi in Sultantepe, Üsküdar near his shaykh grandfather Ibrahim Edhem Efendi, who was once the head of the Tekke. (His two sons Nesuhi and Ahmet Ertegun also rest there.). When Ertegun died, there was not yet a mosque in Washington, D.C., at which his funeral could be held. The Islamic Center of Washington was built as a result.
Very Good French Original b/w press photograph of Mehmed Salih Hüsnü Pasha who was Turkish / Ottoman lieutenant and son-in-law of Damad Mehmed Serif Pasha. He lived in Egypt and he's known with his contacts with the Kurdish committee in Alexandria and also personally closing to Arif Pasha. 15,5 x 11,5 cm. Text in French on verso. Stamps of photographer and 'Miroir' Newspaper Archives.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original b/w photograph of Salah Cimcoz and Musa Kazim Efendi with another 13 people in a community. They sit and look to camera. Cimcoz with his 'fez' and Musa Kâzim with his traditional 'qavuq'. Musa Kazim was shaikh-al-islam between 1910-1911 and his second time was between 1916-1918 during the World War I. Cimcoz graduated from Istanbul Law School. He was also a member of Union and Progress, deputy of Meclis-i Mebusan (Ottoman Parliament), and owner 'Kalem' humorist periodical. Both these figures which are very important in terms of Turkey's history and last Ottoman period, also were "150 personae non-gratae" and exiled to Malta in 1919. Extremely rare.
- Chez tous les libraires, Paris 1869-1875, 12x18,5cm, relié. - Edition originale. Reliure à la bradel en demi cartonnage marbré, dos lisse orné de filets dorés, pièces de titre de chagrin marron comportant quelques éraflures, plats de papier marbré, gardes et contreplats de papier jaune. Ouvrage illustré de 9 planches de reliures. Agréable exemplaire. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
- Au siège de la commission, Paris 1868-1869-1875, 11,5x18,5cm, 2 volumes reliés en 1. - Edition originale. Reliure en demi maroquin bordeaux, dos à cinq nerfs, légères éraflures sur les mors, plats de papier marbré, gardes et contreplats de papier à la cuve, tranches marbrées, reliure de l'époque. Ouvrage illustré de 9 planches de reliures. Petites rousseurs affectant principalement les gardes. Rare et agréable exemplaire complet en deux volumes. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
4to., with very numerous facsimiles in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. The sale comprised 248 fine lots including an Apollo and Pegasus binding for Giovanni Battista Grimaldi, the second issue of Newton's 'Principia', and important letters from Einstein including a series relating to the Hebrew University. With bibliography and index
Fine Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original quarter leather bdg. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 16 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 911 p., profusely illustrated with many color and b/w plates, one folded map. Slight marginal foxing and light tears on extremities. Heavy tears on the map, no missing pieces, it needs to be restored. Overall a good copy. Hegira: 1291 = Gregorian: 1874. First and only Turkish edition of this rare and attractively and profusely illustrated book including Schweinfurth's travel account of the African continent, from Central Africa to Egypt, printed in the last Imperial period of the Ottomans. Schweinfurth was a Baltic German botanist and ethnologist who explored East-Central Africa. He was born in Riga, Latvia, then part of the Russian Empire. He was educated at the universities of Heidelberg, Munich, and Berlin (1856-1862), where he particularly devoted himself to botany and paleontology. Commissioned to arrange the collections brought from Sudan by Adalbert von Barnim and Robert Hartmann, his attention was directed to that region, and in 1863 he traveled around the shores of the Red Sea, repeatedly traversed the district between that sea and the Nile, passed on to Khartoum, and returned to Europe in 1866. His researches attracted so much attention that in 1868 the Berlin-based Alexander von Humboldt Foundation entrusted him with an important scientific mission to the interior of East Africa. Starting from Khartoum in January 1869, he went up the White Nile to Bahr-el-Ghazal, and then, with a party of ivory dealers, through the regions inhabited by the Diur (Dyoor), Dinka, Bongo, and Niam-Niam; crossing the Congo-Nile watershed he entered the country of the Mangbetu (Monbuttu) and discovered the river Uele (March 19, 1870), which by its westward flow he knew was independent of the Nile. Schweinfurth formed the conclusion that it belonged to the Chad system, and it was several years before its connection with the Congo was demonstrated. The discovery of the Uele was Schweinfurth's greatest geographical achievement, though he did much to elucidate the hydrography of the Bahr-el-Ghazal system. Of greater importance were the very considerable additions he made to the knowledge of the inhabitants and of the flora and fauna of Central Africa. He described in detail the cannibalistic practices of the Mangbetu, and his discovery of the pygmy Aka people settled conclusively the question as to the existence of dwarf races in tropical Africa. Unfortunately, a December 1870 fire in his camp destroyed nearly all that he had collected. He returned to Khartoum in July 1871 and published an account of the expedition, under the title of Im Herzen von Afrika (Leipzig, 1874; English edition, The Heart of Africa, 1873, new ed. 1878). In 1873-1874 he accompanied Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs in his expedition into the Libyan Desert. Settling at Cairo in 1875, he founded a geographical society, under the auspices of the Khedive Ismail, and devoted himself almost exclusively to historical and ethnographic African studies. In 1876, he traveled into the Arabian Desert with Paul Güssfeldt, and continued his explorations therein at intervals until 1888, and during the same period made geological and botanical investigations in the Fayum, in the valley of the Nile. In 1889 he returned to Berlin; but he visited the Italian colony of Eritrea in 1891, 1892, and 1894. Schweinfurth died in Berlin. The accounts of all his travels and researches have appeared either in book or pamphlet form or in periodicals, such as Petermanns Mitteilungen, the Zeitschrift für Erdkunde. Among his works may be mentioned Artes Africanae; Illustrations and Descriptions of Productions of the Industrial Arts of Central African Tribes (1875). Özege 19040.
