Seyahatname tercümesi . Takhlīs ̣al-ibrīz fi talkhīs ̣Bārīz. Turkish

by Rifā‘at Rāfi‘ Tahtawi, Rustam Basīm

$17,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition in Turkish. One of 50 copies printed. 259 pp. Pages 213-216 mispaginated 209-212. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Contemporary red leather tooled in blinds. Rebacked with new endpapers and conservation repairs to lower corners of a few leaves. Some remaining paper flaws at bottom corners. A nice clean copy of an important book. Ihsanoglu, The Turks in Egypt and Their Cultural Legacy, pp. 43, 334, etc. Item #366593

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