Tarikh-i Misr-i cedid / Tarikh-i Misr-i al-kadim [A History of Modern and Ancient Egypt].
4to (170 x 214 mm). (4), 65, 51 ff. Early 19th century half calf with marbled covers and fore-edge flap. Pink paper pastedowns.
€ 18.000,00
The seventh book printed by Ibrahim Müteferrika: a history of Egypt from antiquity to early modern times, prepared by the Turkish scholar Ahmed Süheylî (1562?-1632). The modern section (bound first, as usual) is in fact an Ottoman Turkish translation of the chronicle of the Ottoman-Mamluk war of 1516/17, "Fath Misr" (Tarikh as-sultan Selim al-Utmani ma'a as-sultan Qansuh al-Ghawri) by Ibn Zunbul (d. 1574/75).
Handwritten ownership of the French diplomat Louis Lagarde (dated 1923 CE) to front flyleaf. Occasional light browning and fingerstains, but mostly an excellent copy on good, crisp paper.
Provenance: 1) collection of the French diplomate Louis Lagarde; 2) latterly in a Parisian private collection, kept in the family for several generations over the 20th century and dispersed in 2022
Özege 19868-19869. GAL S II, p. 409. Toderini III, p. 85, no. VI.