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Rare and modern books

Damad Ali Kenan, (?-1962).

[KUFIC TYPES IN PRINT] L'ecriture Koufique: Applique a l'Imprimerie (Matbaa-yi Bilik ve Kufi yazi). [i.e. Kufic script: Applied to printing].

Imprimerie Amire, 1921

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Year of publication
1921
Place of printing
Constantinople
Author
Damad Ali Kenan, (?-1962).
Pages
0
Publishers
Imprimerie Amire
Size
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Edition
1st Edition
Keyword
Middle East, Social history
Binding description
Soft cover
State of preservation
Very Good
Languages
French
Binding
Softcover
First edition
Yes

Description

Original wrappers. Demy 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). In French. 33, [1] p., tables, and plates. First and only edition of this extremely rare treatise on How Kufic script is applied to print, a brief history of Kufic script, its use in ancient and modern times, examples of writing accompanied by illustrations, typesetting on the keyboard for linotype printing, its use on typewriters, its use in telegraphy (with Arab and international typesettings), etc. Ali Kenan (?-1962), married Emine Nemika Sultan (1888-1969) in 191 and became a groom to the Ottoman palace and the royal family. Only one copy can be traced in OCLC 1065045158, in The British Library, St. Pancras.
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