Description

Original full brown morocco with traditional flap. Traditional flowers embossing on boards. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Ottoman script. [3], 503 p. Hegira 1215 = Gregorian 1799. This is a classical and very important annotation in Turkish / Ottoman literature made to Sünbülzade's 'Tuhfe'. A dictionary in verse. 'Tuhfe' was a first books in Mühendishane printing house. After one year later Müderris Abdurrahman printed this annotation to 'Tuhfe'. Müderris Abdurrahman Efendi was the first director of the "Mühendishane Matbaasi" (Mühendishâne-i Berrî Humâyûn), which was opened in Üsküdar, Istanbul in 1797. Abdurrahman Efendi, who was a professor of algebra and geometry, took lessons on the techniques of fortification from the French experts for 10 years before the opening of the Mühendishane Printing House established during the 'Nizam-i Cedid' movements in 1793 and gave engineering courses in the newly established school while managing the Mühendishane Press. "Mühendishane", also known as "Üsküdar Matbaasi" under the direction of Müderris Abdurrahman Efendi has published especially "Cedid Atlas" (New Atlas) and other many important works. This first edition not in OCLC.; This Edition not in Özege; TBTK 1476.; Beydilli: Türk bilim ve matbaacilik tarihinde Mühendishâne Matbaasi ve Kütüphânesi, (1776-1826), pp. 253. First Edition. Extremely rare.

Lingue: Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)