Early Ottoman printing
View on Open Library ↗

Early Ottoman printing

by

54 min read
Rate this book:
237 pages 2004

About This Book

Complete collection of the 23 titles published by the Müteferrika Press, the first Turkish printing house, founded in Istanbul in 1727 by Ibrahim Müteferrika (1674-1745), a Hungarian convert to Islam. The earliest printed works from the Ottoman Empire are important source material for the history of Ottoman culture, the transmission of knowledge from Europe to the Ottoman Empire and back, and book history in general.

Buy This Book

As an Amazon Associate and Bookshop.org affiliate, BookOrb earns from qualifying purchases.

Write a Review

Sign in to write a review.