Five printed books, Ottoman Empire, 19th - 20th century - Lot 236

Five printed books, Ottoman Empire, 19th - 20th century - Two volumes of the Tarikh Abul Faruq, Ottoman History, combining volumes 1 and 2 then 5 and 6, Matba a Amedi, 1328-1329, 390 and 373 pages of 21 lines of Osmanli text in cursive script. One bound in mauve percaline, spine in purple leather ribbed and titled in gold lettering, the second in brown leather, red leather inserts titled in gold on the spine and bookplate on the upper board of an owner named Abd al-Rahim Khayri, 20 x 15 cm, wear ; - Three volumes (3 to 5) in one volume of the Künh ül-ahbar nam ali tarikhak, by Mustafa ibn Ahmad Ali. Pages of twenty-nine lines of text per page in osmanli in cursive calligraphy, each volume and sub-part introduced by a frontispiece with title inscribed in a cartouche surrounded by palms. Bound in black percaline with ribbed black leather spine and titled in gold lettering. 24.4 x 16 cm, wear ; - Printed version of Atai's Zeyl-i Saka ik (Atta Allah ibn Yahya), copied by Matba a Mahmud Efendi in 1044 H/1634. Printed on paper with thirty-one lines of text per page, in osmanli. 771 pages. Frontispiece with poly-lobed arcature trimmed with scrolls. Owners' stamps and handwritten notes. Brown leather flap binding with stamped decoration of an oval medallion featuring a tughra and the Turkish crescent on a vegetal background. Silver paint highlights. 31 x 21 cm; some foxing, worn binding; - Turkish translation of the Thousand and One Nights, Volume I, 330 pages of text of thirty-one lines in Osmanli in cursive calligraphy, introduced by a frontispiece giving the title inscribed in a vegetal pediment. Bound in brown morocco flap with stamped decoration of horns of plenty. 25.4 x 17 cm. As is, one binding plate missing. 5 Ottoman Printed Books, 19th - 20th century