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Annals of the Turkish Empire, from 1591 to 1659 of the Christian Era. By Naima. Translated from the Turkish by Charles Fraser. Vol. I [all published].

Annals of the Turkish Empire, from 1591 to 1659 of the Christian Era. By Naima. Translated from the Turkish by Charles Fraser. Vol. I [all published].

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Annals of the Turkish Empire, from 1591 to 1659 of the Christian Era. By Naima. Translated from the Turkish by Charles Fraser. Vol. I [all published].

by NAIMA, Mustafa

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London, printed for the Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1832. 4to. Recent polished calf over cloth-covered boards, spine with raised bands and red morocco lettering-piece; pp. xvii, 467; apart from inoffensive Wigan Free Public Library blind-stamp to title-page a very good and clean copy of a great rarity. First edition in English of this history, written by the first official historian of the Ottoman Empire. There had been a Turkish print edition in 1734. 'The annalist Naima has given detailed account of all the wars in which the Turks were engaged from 1591-1659, as well as negotiations, treaties etc. … Fraser, professor of German at the University of Oxford, also translated the History of the War in Bosnia by Omar Bosnavi for the fund in 1830' (Blackmer). Blackmer 11788; not in Atabey.

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Annals of the Turkish Empire, from 1591 to 1659 of the Christian Era. By Naima. Translated from the Turkish by Charles Fraser. Vol. I [all published].
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NAIMA, Mustafa
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Raised Band(s)
Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Calf
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First Edition
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Morocco
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