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110-3748 Toderini,G.
Letteratura Turchesca. Band II (von 3). Venedig, Giacomo Storti 1787. Kl.4°. Mit gest. Titelbord. 1 Bl., 224, XXXIX S. Kart. d. Zt. (Tls. wasserrandig, berieb. u. best.).
Atabey 1223. Blackmer 1664. Eitner IX, 415. RISM B VI, 835. Fétis VIII, 233. Brunet V, 873. Graesse VI.2, 165. De Backer/S. VIII, 58, no. 8. Bigmore/W. III, 18. Erste Ausgabe. - Türkische Literaturgeschichte des Jesuitenpaters Toderini (1728-1799). - First edition. An excellent source work on the culture of the Ottoman Empire, one of the first publications ever to treat the subject. Part 2 mainly treats of libraries and book collections. "Toderini is still quoted as an authority on this press by modern bibliographers. Giovanni Battista Toderini (1728-99), Venetian philologist and book collector, accompanied the Garzoni embassy to Constantinople in 1781" (Blackmer). There, he spent five years "studying Ottoman civilization and collecting Turkish mathematical instruments as well as a great number of Arabic books and manuscripts. The work contains much information on Turkish letters, and includes a list of the books from the Seraglio library which he took to Venice on his return" (Atabey). - Unbeschn. Ex. Bindung tls. gelockert. Vereinzelt stockfl.
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