Histoire Ottomane: Les dix premiers Sultans Ottomans. Redige d'apres le programme 1325-1326: A l'usage des Eleves de la 7me Classe (Vendu au profit de la Flotte Ottomane).

SERAB ABAHOUNI, (Sous director de l'Ecole Idadie de Smyrne-Smyrna).

Daveroni Freres / Imprimerie Internationale., Smyrne - Izmir, [AH 1326] = 1910.

Original wrappers. Spine loss and wear, chipped extremities of wrappers. But an untrimmed and uncut copy. A rare Izmir stamp on front cover in Ottoman Turkish. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In French, and index and preface in Ottoman script. [vi], 74 p. First 6 pages in Ottoman script (Turkish with Arabic letters). Serab Abahouni was a Turkish teacher of Armenian origin who serviced in the Ottoman Idadiye, Mülkiye, and Naval schools in Smyrna (Izmir). She wrote many textbooks in this period especially for the Naval School including learning French for Turkish naval students and French alphabet books. This book is one of them and it includes interesting short biographies of the first ten Ottoman Sultans. On the front cover, there's an indication as "Vendu au profit de la Flotte Ottomane" [i.e. Sold for the benefit of the Ottoman Fleet]. Not in OCLC.