Ana Vatan
Istanbul: [Kitaphane-yi Sudi] 1927. ATATÜRK / TURKISH REPUBLICANISM: [Ana Vatan / Homeland]. Ana Vatan (Homeland) is one of the iconic images of Turkeys Early Republican Era, being a colourful map of the country variously decorated with a portrait of its revolutionary founding president, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; the figure of an infantry man, hailing the might and bravery of the Turkish Army which secured the nations independence; and the figure of a lady draped in the Turkish flag, personifying the virtue and liberty of the country a large format ephemeral work extremely rare. - PLEASE SEE OUR WEB PAGE FOR A LONGER DESCRIPTION
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Missao para o Estudo da Missionologia Africana / Influencias Politico-Sociais do Islamismo em Mocambique (Relatório Confidencial) pelo Padre Albano Mendes Pedro
Albano Mendes PEDRO (1915 1989). / CENTRO DE ESTUDOS POLITICOS E SOCIAIS DA JUNTA DE INVESTIGACOES DO ULTRAMAR. 4° (29 x 20.5 cm): [1 f., title], 49 ff. typescript, bound in original green lithographed wrappers, handstamped Confidencial to front cover and title and with the handstamp of the Centro de Estudos Poli?ticos e Sociais do Ultramar to title (Very Good, overall internally clean and crisp with just a few slight mainly marginal stains, small tears at gutter of first and last leaves due to original binding adhesive and staples, wrappers with light sunning and slight wear to margins) MOZAMBIQUE ISLAM / MIDDLE EAST-AFRICAN NEXUS / ORIGINS OF MILITANT ISLAMISM IN MOZAMBIQUE: Exceedingly rare 1 of only 3 known examples a Confidential report prepared exclusively for senior figures of Portugals Estado Novo dictatorship that provides one of the earliest serious analyses of the origins and rise of radical, political Islam in northern Mozambique, a movement that would soon become a major factor in the Mozambican War of Independence (1964-4) and which would eventually lead to the ongoing Islamist Insurgency in Mozambiques Cabo Delgado Province (2017-Present), which backed by international jihadist organizations, seeks to create a fundamentalist Islamic State in the region; authored by the Portuguese priest-scholar Albano Mendes Pedro, who had extensive experience serving as a missionary and student of Islam in northern Mozambique, the Relatorio brilliantly reveals the nexus between the Middle East and East Africa, that through personal connections, and propaganda spread by political Islamist literature and radio broadcasts the traditionally moderate, locally oriented and rather apolitical Islam of northern Mozambique was transformed into an increasingly radicalized political weapon against non-Muslim authorities, so threatening to unravel the 350-year old Portuguese presence in Mozambique; importantly, Pedros work has a broader significance to understanding the rise of radical Islam that is currently underway in many places across Africa and Asia an indispensable primary source, heavily cited in modern academic literature. - Since October 2017, Cabo Delgado, Mozambiques most northwesterly province, has been rocked by a vicious insurgency mounted by Ansar al-Sunni, a radical Islamist group, motivated by jihadist extremism, which seeks to create an absolutist Islamic state in northern Mozambique. While developed locally, Andar al-Sunni has connections to the Islamic State and other international jihadist groups. Ansar has mounted a guerrilla war against the Mozambican Army posts, while seizing control of many villages an even some large towns, before often being evicted by the army, only to return later. The conflict has attracted international attention over fears that it might spread, with the Mozambican military being supported by Western army and intelligence assets. To be clear, many of the Muslims in the region do not support Ansar, which frequently targets uncooperative elements of their own communities. Yet, Islamists are today a deeply ingrained and seemingly permanent presence in northern Mozambique. However, this was not always preordained, as until the mid-20th century, northern Mozambiques large and ancient Muslim population was known for its moderation and tolerance. The question thus remains: How did northern Mozambique give rise to a locally grown radical Islamist movement? The history of Islam in northern Mozambique is ancient and goes back as far as Sufi traders from Yemen who frequented its coasts from the 9th century. The Arab traders established permanent bases along the littoral and, over time, through intermarriage with the indigenous peoples (mainly of the Makua-Lomué, Ma-konde and Nguni-Suazi groups), many of the locals converted to Islam. This process continued, as most of the coast came under the influence of the Sultanate of Kilwa (957-1513), founded by a Persian dynasty. PLEASE SEE OUR WEB PAGE FOR A LONGER DESCRIPTION- $3,979
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Elcezire Kitasinin Irva ve Iska Meselesi
Fahreddin Resad Bey (Rumbeyoglu Fahreddin Bey also Rumbeyoglu Fahr al-Din Bey,18671943) Mehmed Nabi Bey (1868-1924). 8°, 14 pp., [2 pp.] blank, original tan wrappers with lettering on the cover (minor foxing, otherwise in a good, clean condition) IRAQ / WORLD WAR I / IRRIGATION: [The Problem of Irrigation and Water Supply in Mesopotamia] An Ottoman pamphlet on the irrigation in Iraq in World War I. - An Ottoman report, written in April, 1917, describes irrigation projects, mage in Iraq by the British, from 1911 on. The pamphlet was issued in a series of governmental publications on managing of foreign affairs at the end of World War I by a diplomat Fahreddin Resad Bey (Rumbeyoglu Fahreddin Bey also Rumbeyoglu Fahr al-Din Bey,18671943) and a statesman Mehmed Nâbi Bey (1868-1924), from October 1918 a minister of foreign affairs. We could trace three institutional examples on Worldcat: University of Haifa, Princeton University Library and Universität Bamberg. References: ÖZEGE 4718. OCLC 745133466, 780209115, 630440884.- $497
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Tarik-i Refah. Franklinin Servet Hakkindaki Nasayihi ve Tercüme-i Hali
Benjamin FRANKLIN (1706-1790), author; RESAD (RESHAD), translator. 8°, 30 pp., [2 pp.], uncut as originally published, later marbled wrappers (uncut, unread example with minor storage wear) BENJAMIN FRANKLIN / SARAJEVO IMPRINT: [The Way to Wealth. Franklins Commentary on Wealth and Its Translation] A rare Ottoman translation of Franklins The Way to Wealth, published in Ottoman language in Sarajevo, Bosnia, in 1910 - This is the second Ottoman edition of Franklins The Way to Wealth. The first one by the same translator was published in 1870, in Paris, and this second one in Sarajevo, Bosnia, in 1910. In the same year another version, translated by a known Ottoman author Ebüziyya Tevfik was published without given location. We could find three Institutional examples on Worldcat (University Library In Munich, Bo?aziçi University Library, Harvard University). References. OCLC 634868733, 949524190.- $685
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A New & Improved Map of the Island of Antigua, in the West Indies. Constructed and drawn chiefly from original Materials and most Recent Surveys. By J. Johnson.
J. JOHNSON. London: Smith, Elder & Co., August 1829. ANTIGUA, WEST INDIES / SLAVERY & EMANCIPATION: Exceedingly rare one of the rarest and most beautiful of all major 19th century West Indies cartographic works, being the enigmatic J. Johnsons large format map of Antigua, which details all key aspects of the islands traditional slave-plantation economy, capturing the island on the eve of the Abolition of Slavery and during the dramatic rise of its free Black upper class (a unique characteristic of Antiguan history); created as part of a highly impressive but commercially disastrous art project, the map is exquisitely printed, adorned with fine acquaint coastal profile views, and coloured in resplendent hues of original wash one of only a handful of known examples. - This exceedingly rare map is one of most attractive of all major West Indies maps of the Emancipation Era, being J. Johnsons large format map of Antigua, which meticulously labels all its sugar plantations (specifying their sources of power), marks towns, villages and slave quarters, depicts all roads and infrastructure, and carefully represents all topographical features and jurisdictional boundaries, as well as presenting a detailed depiction of the coasts and offshore reefs. Notably, the map was the product of an extremely ambitious commercial art project and, as such, it is of extraordinarily fine printing quality, design and embellishment with lovely aquatint views. Johnsons work, issued only four years before the abolition of slavery, is the last map to capture Antigua during the era of the sugar economy, before the island underwent a dramatic socio-economic transformation that included the brief rise of a Black elite community on the island and the downfall of its agrarian sector. Johnsons work, which was the only major map of the Antigua produced between 1793 and 1852, shows the island divided into its 6 parishes, with each distinguished by its own resplendent hue of original colour, while the coastlines are traced in an azure wash. The work, executed to the ample scale of About 1¼ miles to 1 inch, names all the estates and shows the street grid of the capital, Saint Johns. The Reference, on the lefthand side, explains the symbols used throughout to identify Churches, Chapels, [the power sources for grinding sugar cane:] Windmills, Dismantled Windmills (indicative of the decline in the sugar industry), Cattle Mills, Dismantled Cattle Mills, Steam Mills (a recent innovation), Negroes Houses (Slaves Quarters), Roads, Parish Boundaries, Division Boundaries and Forts & Batteries. The numbers along the roads mark the mileages between major junctures. The map features much practical nautical information, as it charts the islands dangerous offshore reefs, and provides notes for sailors, including Directions for Saint Johns (upper centre) and Directions for Saint Johns Road and Harbour (lower centre), while a line in the sea to the north of the island reveals a good route from Saint Johns out to the open Atlantic. A highlight of the work is the 5 lovely hand coloured aquatint coastal profile views, lower right, meant to aid mariners, likely made after original sketches by Johnson, who was skilled artist. They are, from top to bottom: [1] Appearance of Deseada when first seen S.W.½S. about 8 leagues {La Deseada, or La Désirade, is an island off Guadeloupe that was a key waypoint for sailing to Antigua from Europe}; [2] Deseada bearing S.W.b.S. about 5 leagues; [3] Appearance of Antigua bearing S.W.b.W. distant 8 or 9 leagues; [4] Appearance of the Island of Antigua from W.b.S. to W.N.W. about 4 leagues; and [5] Appearance of the Land entering St. Johns Harbour Antigua, being a lovely prospect. . PLEASE SEE OUR WEB PAGE FOR A LONGER DESCRIPTION- $10,499
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Chahar Maqala also Caharmaqala, Cahar Maqala
Nizami ARUZI (fl. 1110 1161). Tehran: Mohammad Baqer Qajar 1305 [1889]. PERSIAN LITHOGRAPHED BOOKS: The first lithographed edition of one of the most important books of the Persian language, Chahar Maqala or Four Discourses. - Chahar Maqala or Four Discourses is a Persian prose work, written in the 12th century (6th Century of the Islamic Calndar), between 1155 and 1157, and the only fully surviving text by the author Nizami Aruzi (fl. 1110 and 1161). Today it is considered one of the most important texts of the Persian literature and "a book of fundamental importance for the knowledge of contemporary and preceding trends in literature" (J. Rypka, History of Iranian Literature, vol. 10, 1968, pp. 221-222). In the book with an originally title Majma al-Nawadder (A Collection of Anecdotes), Nizami describes different professions that the authors believes a king needs in his palace, which are a secretary, a poet, an astronomer and a medical doctor. In the text he depicts through anecdotes "the creation of the universe, heavenly spheres, stars, minerals, plants, animals, humans, internal and external senses, and an anecdote and justifications of prophethood, imamate, rulership, and government"( Encyclopaedia Iranica). This is the first printed edition of the text, which was followed by an Bombay edition from 1321 (1905) and a revised Cairo edition from 1327 AH (1911). We could not find any institutional examples on Worldcat.- $3,095
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Mapa de la Republica de Nicaragua / Levantado por orden de su Exa. el Presidente Cap.n General Martinez por Maximiliano de Sonnenstern 1863.
Maximilian von SONNENSTERN (1819 1895). Paris: Broise & Tiheffry, 1863. One of the great masterpieces of the cartography of 19th century Latin America, being the first complete official national map of Nicaragua, made by Maximilian von Sonnenstern, the enterprising German immigrant who was the father of the modern mapping of Central America; predicated upon groundbreaking route surveys, the map project was motivated by President Tomás Martínezs grand ambitions to build roads, railways and even an interoceanic canal crossing the county, as well as fact that Nicaragua recently gained sovereignty over the vast Mosquito Coast region which is here properly mapped for the first time; published in Paris, as many of the interoceanic canal schemes backers were French rare a marquis example with brilliant original colour, an unusual attribute for this map. The present work is the first printing of the much anticipated first official complete national map of Nicaragua. Unlike Sonnensterns other major maps, which were published in New York, this work was issued in Paris by the boutique publisher Broise et Tiheffry, almost certainly due to the ongoing Franco-Nicaraguan connections regarding Bellys designs for an interoceanic canal. While perhaps a subject for future research, it is quite likely that the map was, at least in part, sponsored by French canal interests. The attractively rendered map embraces all Nicaragua, including the Mosquito Coast, and it is predicated upon recent route surveys, which in the interior and northeast of the country tended to follow the major rivers. The depiction of the western and southern areas of the country is excellent, continuing the progress made by Sonnensterns 1858 map, while the central and northeastern parts of Nicaragua are revealed in their broadly accurate form for the first time. Highlands are expressed by hachures of an elegant form, while the rivers and lakes are carefully delineated. The map features a wealth of information as described in the Explicación, upper left, which identifies the symbols used throughout in four languages (Spanish, English, German and French) to locate cities, towns, villages, hamlets, haciendas (rural estates), indigenous ranches, ruins, mines, national and departmental boundaries, the camino real, secondary roads, projected rail lines, bridges, canals, as well as various topographical terms. Notably, the map charts one of the many proposed routes for a canal running from Lake Nicaragua to the Pacific, labeled as Canal projectado, cutting across the isthmus to enter the sea at Brito. The map also shows the route of a proposed railway that was to run from León Viejo, on Lake Managua, to the Corinto area, on the Pacific (this line would never be built). Importantly, the map features 13 topographic cross-sections, critical for discussing roads, railways and interoceanic canals, all projects that were of great interest to Sonnenstern and President Martínez. Additionally, there are three cartographic insets, with the one near the top detailing the Corinto area, on the Pacific coast (regarding the projected railway), while those in the lower right depict the ports of San Juan del Sur (on the Pacific) and San Juan del Norte (on the Atlantic), both of which were critical to the matter of the proposed interoceanic canal. PLEASE SEE OUR WEB PAGE FOR A LONGER DESCRIPTION- $5,747
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Report of the Committee of the African Institution [for 13 consecutive years, 1807 to 1819].
AFRICAN INSTITUTION. London: William Phillips (1st Report only) / Ellerton & Henderson (2nd to 13th Reports), 1807-1819. SLAVERY & ABOLITIONISM / TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE / WEST AFRICA / BLACK ENTREPRENEURIALISM: Very rare and historically important being an uninterrupted run of the first 13 annual reports of the African Institution, a prominent British Abolitionist society, directed by the luminaries William Wilberforce and James Stephen, and with the kings nephew, the Duke of Gloucester as its president; backed by the Whos Who of the liberal elite of Britain, the society used its great financial and political power to lobby for the end of both the slave trade and slavery worldwide, and to support the development of Sierra Leone as an economically viable home for freed slaves; the reports feature a wealth of fascinating information on Black entrepreneurship in West Africa; the testimonials of individual liberated former slaves; accounts of the economic development schemes and social services programs (ex. schools) sponsored by the Institution in Sierra Leone; accounts of recent travels to Africa; as well as information on treaties, legislation, court cases and petitions concerning abolitionism, as well as intelligence from the field on the activities of slave traders and the efforts stop them; in fine period bindings with curious hints to their provenance; the Institutions individual annal reports are great rarities on the market, while large collections, such as the present, being almost unheard of. - The present reports are summarized as follows: [VOLUME I:] First Report (1807): This inaugural report, presented July 15, 1807, features the well-meaning, but somewhat patronizing mission statement of the African Institution: "The committee expressed its view that the people of Africa were sunk in ignorance and barbarism and took for itself the task of introducing the blessings of civilisation to what they viewed as constituting a quarter of the habitable globe". Second Report (1808): This report discusses a series of prizes of 50 Guineas each, to be awarded by the Institution to the first person to import from West Africa to Britain: 1 ton of marketable cotton; 100 weight of indigo; and 10 tons of white rice. The prizes were to encourage black entrepreneurs and farmers to learn to become self-sufficient, successful planters of cash crops. Third Report (1808): This issue, presented on March 25, 1809, contains a discussion of an additional 50 Guinea prize that the Institution agreed to award to the person who brought the most land in West Africa under coffee cultivation. It also features a relation about three African youths, who under the Duke of Gloucesters patronage, had been trained at the Duke of Yorks Royal Military School from techniques developed in India. After graduation, they went to Sierra Leone, where they served as as teachers employed by the War Ministry. It was also hoped that they would help to introduce cotton cultivation to the country. Fourth Report (1810): In this report, presented on March 28, 1810, the Institutions directors regret that British stave traders were finding ways to ply their craft by adopting Spanish and Swedish flags of convenience. There is also a review of British anti-slave trade legislation; Directions for the Cultivation of the Silk Worm for introducing the industry to West Africa; and a travelers account of his trip to the Gold Coast. Fifth Report (1811): In this report, presented on March 27, 1811, the Institutions directors lament the ongoing participation of British and American ships in the slave trade, employing Portuguese and Spanish flags of convenience. British capital was still a major driver of the slave trade, and they discussed how Henry Brougham, MP had introduced bill to Parliament to prosecute, at the Vice-Admiralty courts of Sierra Leone, those using flags of convenience to illegally transport slaves. There is also coverage of a court case against a Nevis planter for cruelty to his slaves in; the testimonial of John Wise, a free black map from St. Vincent; slavery legislation in the Spanish Empire; and a list of the plants sent to Sierra Leone by Dr. Roxburgh, the Director of the Calcutta Botanical Gardens, for assisting agrarian development in that country. [VOLUME II:] Sixth Report (1812): This issue, presented at the Freemasons Tavern, London, on March 25, 1812, notes with alacrity that the Transatlantic slave trade had grown to include 70-80,000 enslaved Africans in the year 1810, with the Portuguese colony of Bissau (Guiné / Guinea-Bissau) playing a major role. There are also reports on 6 named captured slave ships; the case of Catherine Richardson, a free black woman; Reports of the Committee of African Inquiry on the slave trade, Sierra Leone, and indigo cultivation, etc.; as well as an account of the Kroomen (Kru) people of Liberia. PLEASE SEE OUR WEB PAGE FOR A LONGER DESCRIPTION- $6,410
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SANTALI LANGUAGE: Santali Rea. Dosar Outhi. Santali. Second Book.
Bhowanipore (Calcutta): B. M. Bose, Saptahik Sambad Press 1885. A rare textbook in Santali language, written in Latin script. - This rare pamphlet, written in Santali language and published by one of the missions in Bhowanipore, now a part of Calcutta, contains various short moralistic stories for educational purposes. Today still various scripts are used for writing Santali, a language spoken in eastern India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, but the most common script became Ol Chiki, invented by Raghunath Murmuto in 1925. The first publications in Santali were made by Jeremiah Phillips in 1850s, after the Baptist Missionary Society sent their missionaries in the area, where the language was spoken in 1830s. The greatest contribution to the language was made by a Norwegian missionary Lars Olsen Skrefsrud (1840 1910), who came to India in 1863 and ten years later published the first Santali-language grammar using the Roman script. In 1874, he was one of the founders the first Santali-language/Roman script printing press at the Benagaria Mission. We could not trace any institutional examples of the book. Worldcat lists two examples of a book with the same title and same number of pages, printed in 1876 in Calcutta, possibly including the same text, with two examples housed by the University of Oxford and Library and Information Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (OCLC 640352434). References: Cf.: Nishaant Choksi, From Language to Script: Graphic practice and the politics of authority in Santali-language print media, eastern India, Modern Asian Studies, September 2017, Vol. 51, No. 5 , pp. 1519-1560.- $906
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MEDICINE / BENGALI: [Treatment. Third Edition]
Calcutta: Shrivaneshwar Ghosh 1302 [1886]. A rare medical book in Bengali language, printed in Calcutta, lists on 36 pages short instructions for various treatments, based on natural ingredients, for daily diseases such as indigestion, toothache, pain and blood pressure, for more private issues, including venereal diseases, and also for accidents, such as wasp and snake bites as well as for injuries caused by a tiger, after the person has been released from its mouth. We could not trace any institutional examples on Worldcat.- $685
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