[EARLY NAVAL GUIDE TO THE MEDITERRANEAN SHORES AND THE ARCHIPELAGO FOR SEAFARERS AND MARINERS] Rehber-i derya... [i.e. A guide to sea: Including an account and guide to the Mediterranean and Aegean shores].

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[EARLY NAVAL GUIDE TO THE MEDITERRANEAN SHORES AND THE ARCHIPELAGO FOR SEAFARERS AND MARINERS] Rehber-i derya: Sevâhil ve Cezâyir-i Bahr-i Sefîdin ta'rifatini havîdir. [i.e. A guide to sea: Including an account and guide to the Mediterranean and Aegean shores]. 

SÜLEYMAN FAIK PASHA, (Ottoman general and admiral, Naval historian), (1845-1909)., Mihran Matbaasi., Ist., [AH 1299] = 1882.

Original wrappers. Restored wrappers and spine masterfully. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script (Turkish with Arabic letters. 171, [1] p. Maps are missing.

First and Only Edition of this early naval guide to the Mediterranean and Aegean Islands and shores prepared by Ottoman Admiral Süleyman Faik. Süleyman Faik, (1845-1909), was a general, after admiral and Chairman of the Turkish / Ottoman Navy General Staff, divisional. A comprehensive early printed guide to the Cezâyir-i Bahr-i Sefid [i.e. Ottoman Province of Archipelago] including the Aegean shores, the Archipelago, the Dardanelles, Rhodes, Cyprus, et alli. Only six copies in OCLC: 773143926, 67075343.; Özege 16579.; Not in ATYB: Askerî Tarih Yayinlari Bibliyografyasi [= Bibliography of Turkish History of Military Books].