Durûb-i emsâl-i Osmaniye. Ebüzziya Tevfik tarafindan ilâvelerle. [i.e. Ottoman proverbs].

Original bdg. Dumped on wrapper, slight tear on lacked paper on back wrapper, soiling. Otherwise a good copy. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In Ottoman script. 510 p. Third Enlarged Edition by Ebüzziya Tevfik's annotations. Sinasi was a Turkish journalist, publisher, poet and playwright. He was one of the first and most important writers of the westernization process that started with the declaration of Tanzimat (Reform) in the Turkish society. Sinasi is an important name that introduced Turkish society to western style poetry and gave the first examples of Western literary genres such as theater, and influenced the intellectuals of its era with its innovative ideas and works in the field of literature. He was directed to finance education by Mustafa Resid Pasha. However, he continued his studies on literature and language. He established friendship with the Orientalist De Sacy Family. He met Ernest Renan, watching Alphonse de Lamartine's meetings. This book of him Durûb-i Emsâl-i Osmâniyye (Ottoman proverbs) is published firstly in 1863. In this work, he compared Turkish proverbs with their Persian and Arabic equivalents; He added his French counterparts, if any. He was elected a member of Société Asiatique in 1851. He is the second Turk to join here after Kemal Efendi (March 1850). Özege 4425 / 3. Durûb-i emsâl-i Osmaniye. Ebüzziya Tevfik tarafindan ilâvelerle. Extremely rare.

Lingue: Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)