Dictionnarie universel d'histoire et de géographie.= Kamusü'l-alâm. Tarih ve cografya lügati ve tabir-i islah ile kaffe-i esami-i hassayi camidir. 6 volumes set. [FIRST ENCYCLOPEADIA IN THE TURKISH / OTTOMAN WORLD].

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SEMSEDDIN SAMI. (CH. SAMY-BEY FRASCHERY), (1850-1904).

Editeur Impremeur: Mihran., [H.: 1306-1316]; [G.: 1889-1899), Constantinople.

Original red, black and brown leather bindings. Raised bands to spine, richly gilt in Ottoman script and in traditional style. Bindings are not homogeneous. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In Ottoman script. 6 volumes set: (16, 4830, 1 p.), ills. Dictionnarie universel d'histoire et de géographie.= Kamusü'l-alâm. Tarih ve cografya lügati ve tabir-i islah ile kaffe-i esami-i hassayi camidir. 6 volumes set. This work is an encyclopedic dictionary giving detailed information about historical-geographical places, works, and people (prophets, saints, poets, scholars, statesmen, philosophers, etc). The largest encyclopedia made in the Ottoman period, the first example in Turkey of encyclopedias made in Europe, namely the first modern encyclopedia, is not translated into today's Turkish language. Extremely rare. Özege 9998. First and Only Edition.