Kamus-ul Alam. Tarih ve Coğrafya Lûgati ve Tabir-i Asahhiyle Kâffe-yi Esma-yi Hassa-yi Camidir … Dictionnaire Universel d’Histoire et de Geographie

by Şemseddin Sâmi

$1,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition. 6 vols. 8vo. Quarter black leather and cloth. Bindings rubbed, textblock toned. Good plus. Item #371057 A complete set of one of the key encyclopedic works of the Ottoman period.Şemseddin Sâmi 1850–1904 , an important journalist, lexicographer, grammarian, playwright, and novelist of the Tanzimat period, is remembered primarily for his contributions to Turkish language

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