[BOTANY / CAUSTIER IN TURKISH LANGUAGE] Tesrîh ve fizyoloji-i nebâtî. [i.e. Anatomy and physiology of the plants]. Translated by Siraceddin [Hasircioglu]

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EUGENE CAUSTIER, (French Zoologist and Botanist), (1864-19?), Millî Matbaa, Istanbul (Constantinople), 1926.

Contemporary cloth bdg. Title lettered gilt on spine with ex-owner name, original period end-papers. Ex-library stamp on colophon. A very good copy. Demy 8vo. (22 x 14,5 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 256 p., richly illustrated with 333 numbered b/w plates.

Early and richly illustrated Turkish edition of this rare botanical book translated the plants' chapter from the French zoologist and botanist Caustier's work titled "Anatomie et Physiologie Animales et végétales".

Siraceddin Hasircioglu (1877-1937) was a Turkish translator of this book, who was known for his early translations from Moliere and La Fontaine as well.

Özege 20867.; TBTK 7170.; Not in OCLC.; Not in Altan & Alçitepes.

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