[FIRST CATALOGUE OF THE SARCOPHAGI IN THE IMPERIAL OTTOMAN ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUMS] Müze-i Hümâyûn lühûd ve mekâbir-i atika katalogu
[THE IMPERIAL OTTOMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUMS]., Mahmud Bey Matbaasi., Kostantiniyye, [AH 1317] = 1900.
Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 116 p. Hegira: 1317 = Gregorian: 1900.
Second edition of this first catalogue of the sarcophagi in the Imperial Ottoman Archaeological Museums, including many legendary sarcophagi, like of Alexander the Great, Sidon, Tabnit, Byzantine Emperors, etc., mostly excavated and found by Osman Hamdi Bey,(1842-1910), the pioneer archaeologist of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey and the founder of the Ottoman Archaeological Museum.
OCLC 165321119 (Only one copy in Bayerische Staatsbibliothek).; Özege 15041.