Tarikh al-Hind al-gharbi al-musamma bi-Hadith-i naw

3 preliminary leaves, 91 leaves, folded plate : diagrams, illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
"Believed to be the earliest book printed in Turkey with wood-engravings. Ibraham Effendi was the reviver of printing in Turkey, and this appears to be the first book of a popular nature that was printed."--Sabin 32122. The preliminary pages contain an account of the establishment of printing there, 1727-1728, with a list of the earliest imprints
Attributed by some sources to Kâtip Çelebi
Brown, John Carter. Bibliotheca Americana, pt. 3, v. I, no. 463, with this translation of the colophon: " ... by the hand of the humble and lowly Ibraheem ... chief of the Imperial printing office ... of Constantinople."
Caption title
Imprint taken from colophon
JCB: 3 p. lea, 91 lea., 3 maps, 14 engravings in text
Part of the illustrations are woodcuts, 4 are metal cuts (2 engraved diagrams and 2 maps); all are handcolored
Printed by Ibrahim Müteferrika
Babinger GOW
JCB
Sabin
"A description of the New World in Turkish."--Sabin 94396. Being a history of India of the West from its discovery in 903 AH (1497 C.E.) to the year 953 AH (1546 C.E.). This is one of the first books in Turkish ever printed with movable type
Rebound in 19th cent. cloth cover

Subjects: Geography.; History.; Americas.; West Indies.; Printing -- History.; Rare Material, 18th Cent.; Rare Material, Top 100.; Map.; McGill University Library Digitized Title; Geography; History; Printing