From the first Muslim printing press in the Arab world

Kara Çelebi-zade Abdülaziz Efendi. Ravzatü'l-ebrar.

€ 2,500.00

First edition of this Islamic chronicle by the Ottoman religious scholar and historian Kara Çelebi-zâde Abdul Aziz Efendi (1591-1658). The Bulaq press, established in 1235 (1819/20), "'wrote' printing history. This is the first Muslim printing press in the Arab world" (Middle Eastern Languages and the Print Revolution. A Cross-Cultural Encounter, Westhofen 2002, p. 183).

Professionally restored.