Ottomanica

[MUSLIMS BOYCOTT NON-MUSLIM TRADESMEN & SHOPKEEPERS DURING THE BALKAN WARS] مسلمانلره مخصوص! مجّاناً / Müslümânlara mahsûs! Meccânen. [i.e., Reserved for Muslims! Free of charge]

[LEMAN THE FOX: THE EARLY ANTIHEROINE OF TURKISH & WORLD LITERATURE BY A SEXIST TURKISH AUTHOR] Tilki Leman’in Harikûlâde Maceralari: Kizil maskeli kadin [i.e., The Extraordinary Adventures of Leman the Fox: The woman in the red mask]

[TURKISH LEARNING GUIDE WRITTEN FOR THE NEPHEW (PRINCE) OF THE VOIVODE OF WALLACHIA] بنام حواريون بروج فنون / Benâm-i havâriyyûn bürûc-i fünûn [i.e., In the name of the apostles, the ascent of the sciences]

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[A UNIQUE, RICHLY ILLUSTRATED HYBRID MANUSCRIPT AND TYPESCRIPT BOOK ON THE TURKISH & ISLAMIC SWORDS] Türk kilicinin tarihi. Cilt 1. [i.e., History of Turkish swords. Vol. 1]

[THE EARLIEST CATALOGUE OF THE TURKISH PAINTING ART] الواح نقشيه قولكسيونى / Elvah-ı nakşiye kolleksiyonu: Memleketimizde nakkasligin... [i.e., Collection of paintings]

[GERMAN WARTIME PROPAGANDA IN OTTOMAN TURKISH DURING WW1 / BERLIN IMPRINT] Almanya - Sark münâsebâti düveliyesinin safahât-i... [i.e., Germany and the East: The past and present phases of their international relations, and their future developments

[GARIBALDI’S HERITAGE / THE SOCIETY OF THE ITALIAN WORKERS IN CONSTANTINOPLE / LEVANTINE ASSOCIATIONS] Statuto e regolamento della Società Operaia Italiana di Mutuo Soccorso Stambul... [i.e., Statute of the Italian Workers' Mutual Aid Society of Istanbul

[A GUIDE TO YEMEN BY AN OTTOMAN DEPUTY OF AL-HUDAYDAH] مرات اليمن / Miratü’l-Yemen [i.e., Mirror of Yemen].

[IN SEARCH FOR THE “PERFECT” ALPHABET / THE LETTER REVOLUTION] Latin harfleri: Latin ve Arap harflerinin daha iyisini bulalim. Latin ve Arap... [i.e., Latin letters: Let's find a better alternative to the Latin and Arabic scripts...

[THE FIRST PRINTING HOUSE IN HIJAZ / THE FIRST MECCA EDITION / A COMMENTARY ON THE QASÎDA-I BURDA] Is'ad Bânet Su'âd serhi... [i.e., Es’ad’s commentary on Bânat Su’âd, [.] and a commentary on the Qasîdat al-Burda]

[BILINGUALISM / TURKISH - HEBREW GENESIS / EARLY HOLZHAUSEN IMPRINT / ORIENTAL PRESS IN VIENNA] سفر تكوين المخلوقات / Sefer tekvînü’l-mahlûkât = בראשית / Bereshit

[EDUCATION / EARLY PRINTING] سبحهٔ صبيان / Sübhâ-i Sibyân [i.e., The rosary of children]. Printed by Abdurrahman Efendi

[THE 19TH TURKISH INCUNABULA / HABSBURG & OTTOMAN WARS] تاریخ سامی و شاکر و صبحی / Târîh-i Sami ve Şakir ve Subhi [i.e., The Chronicle of Sâmî, Shâkir, and Subhî]

[ANGLO - EGYPTIAN SUDAN / OTTOMAN AFRICA / GOLD MINES / EPIDEMICS / CRITICISM OF SLAVERY & COLONIALISM / FINE ROYAL BINDINGS / HUNTING] سودان سىاحتنامه سى / Sudan seyahatnâmesi [i.e., A travel narrative of Sudan]

[OTTOMAN EXPEDITION OF CAPPADOCIA FOR THE 1911 CHOLERA EPIDEMIC] Konya Sihhiye Müfettisligi'nin 16 Tesrinievvel 1327 tarihli rapordur ki Ürgüp'te zuhur eden koleraya dairdir [i.e., The report related to the cholera outbreak in Ürgüp in the year 1327]

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[RARE COMPLETE RUN OF THE FIRST OFFICIAL PROPAGANDA JOURNAL] حرب مجموعه‌سى / Harb mecmuasi... [i.e., The War journal: A pictorial periodical that discusses the soldier and the battle] Tesrîn II 1331 – Haziran 1334. Nos: 1-27. SET

[RARE PLANS OF CONSTANTINOPLE / VIENNA IMPRINT / GALATA & PERA] Istanbul rehberi. Sehremâneti Heyet-i Fenniyece istiksaf tarzinda tanzim ve tertib edilip Viyana'da basilmistir. Haliç - Dersaadet. [Joint two sheets of the Golden Horn - Dersaadet]

[THE LOTUS CASE / FRENCH - TURKISH RELATIONS] رسملي غزته / Resimli gazete. No 160. 25 Eylül 1926. “Mahkemede mütehassislarin... [i.e., Illustrated newspaper. “According to the estimates and descriptions of the experts in the court Bozkurd tragedy”]

[SLAVERY / THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE] A legal manuscript in Ottoman Turkish on a slavery case

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[CENSORSHIP / THE FIRST LESBIAN CHARACTER IN AN OTTOMAN NOVEL / MUASAKÂT-I NISÂIYYE] حمامجى الفت / Hamamci Ülfet

[TURKEY / ACCOUNT OF THE EVENTS IN THE 31 MARCH UPRISING IN ISTANBUL] Autograph letter signed from Constantinople, providing a vivid and newsworthy account of Ottoman political life just three days after the 31 March Incident, an uprising in April 1909...

[TURKEY / MINING CONSESSIONS / NATIONALIZATION IN THE MINING] Ottoman announcement printed in 1919: Hüdavendigâr Province [i.e., Bursa, Brusa] Molybdenum mine privilege document

[THASSOS MINES / OTTOMAN - FRENCH RELATIONS] A historically significant autograph manuscript letter from Thessaloniki in 1914, requesting that Vuccino continue addressing the Thassos mines concession issue between the Ottoman Empire and France