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Original grey cloth bdg. 4to. (27 x 19 cm). In French. [10], 68 p. La comptabilite de banque enseignee en quinze leçons. Premier vol.: Partie theorique: Definitions et explications. Rare. Sudda was Italian rooted, Istanbul-born Ottoman pharmacist. He is the pioneer of modern pharmacy in Turkey. He was son of Francesco Della Suda who was a pharmacist and owner a pharmacy called 'Grand Pharmacie della Suda' on the Grand Rue de Pera (Istiklal Caddesi). He completed his primary and secondary education in Saint Benoit French School in Bebek in Istanbul. At age sixteen he went to France for higher education. In 1855 he graduated from Paris School of Pharmacy. He worked on chemical analysis in France for a while. When he returned to Istanbul, he was brought to fen-i ispenciyari (pharmacy) and chemistry teacher in Mekteb-i Tibbiye-i Sahane (Military Medicine) and continued this duty for 40 years. In 1887, he rose to the highest rank of the ferik (lieutenant general) rank, the highest rank that military pharmacists could ever take. He became Harbiye Nezareti Ecza Deposu directorate and pharmaceutical inspector. He was honored with the engagement of Légion d'honneur thanks to the collections of drug and opium that he sent to the 1867 2nd Paris World Exhibition. He was one of founders of Cemiyet-i Tibbiye-i Sahane, Istanbul Eczacilar Cemiyeti ve Osmanli Hilal-i Ahmer Cemiyeti (later the Red Crescent Society - Kizilay Dernegi -). He has been an executive of these organizations for many years. This rare study of Sudda is related to banking accounting.