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QUARTO, 239PP OF ARABIC TEXT PRINTED IN THE PRINTING HOUSE WHICH ESTABLISHED BY ABDULLAH ZAKHIR IN 1733 AFTER HE LIFT ALEPPO TO THE MOUNT LIBANON. ORIGINAL MONASTERY SKIN BINDING, SPINE LOOSE, NEAT HOLES DID NOT AFFECT THE TEXT, LIGHT AGE BROWNING.

2ff, 109 p. Arabic text. The second press of Bulak by the tobjiyyah (artillery) printed house in Turah, Cairo. 1251 AH., 1835 AD. Ownership Mustafa Kamel al Ghamrawi 1317 AH. Edited by Abdurrahman al Safty, the editor of Alf layla wa layla printed in Bulak.

A complete copy with the preface of the printing reason of the book (Sebeb-i tab' kitab-i mustatab). In contemporary fine dark brown Ottoman binding with flap. 4 lvs. Contain the printing reason and details. 2 lvs. Contain praise to the Sultan Mahmud II. 223 numbered p. 283 numbered p. With numbered 56 lithographic plates by the Erzurumian Aghob. With many numbered pages of index and supplements through the book. Printed according to the order of the Ottoman Sultan by Abdurrahim Muhibb in the Imperial printing house. Sanizade, who lived in the first half of the 19th century, is an important physician for his great contributions to the Ottoman Medicine, by transferring European medical knowledge. He has important books concerning history, as well as medicine. In one of his works on medicine, Hamse-i Sanizade, a work of five volumes, the volume titled Kanunü'l Cerrahin (the Law of Surgery), deals with surgery. Written in 1810s, the book could be published only in 1828, after Sanizade's death. In the… Read More

Cairo: Bulak, Dar ut Tiba'aa, 1848 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. RABIC TEXT, TRVEL TO INDIA AND KASHMEER , 7 , 163 PP , TRNSLATED BY THE ORDER OF RIFA'AA AL TAHTAWI IN THE DYNASTY OF KHEDIV ABBAS , SON OF MUHAMMAD ALI . CONTEMPORARY MARBLED SOFT COVER ..

182 p. Ottoman Turkish text. The first official year book printed in the lithograph press in Mecca. Early work to be printed in Hedjaz. Rare.

45 x 38 cm. Ottoman Turkish text. printed by Abdurrahman el Muderris in 1219 AH, 1804 AD.

24 volumes of 20 books, all printed by Ibrahim Muteferrika printing house between H. 1141 and 1200 during the 3 times of the printing house estaplishment.
1) Vankulu Lugatı, Arabic-Turkish dictionary prepared by Mehmed al-Vani, (d. 1529) known as Vankulu, from Cevheri's well-known Arabic dictionary. It was published as two volumes on 31 January 1729, 500 copies.
2) Tuhfetü'l-kibâr fî esfâri'l-bihâr (Kâtib Çelebi's work on Ottoman naval wars) includes 5 maps and images. On 29 May 1729, 1,000 copies were published.
3) Târîh-i Seyyâh der Beyân-ı Zuhûr-ı Ağvâniyân ve Sebeb-i İnhidâm-ı Binâ-i Devlet-i Şâhân-ı Safaviyân (The Afghan Invasion of Iran and the Reasons for the Downfall of Safavid Dynasty). Author J. T. Krusinski (d. 1756). Although the translator from Latin to Turkish seems to have been done by İbrahim Müteferrika, it has been asserted that it was translated by Krusinski himself. On 26 August 1729, 1,200 copies were published.
4) Târîhu'l-Hindi'l-garbî… Read More