Early Ottoman printing
Subtitle: the Müteferrika Press : Turkish incunabula from the Müteferrika Press, 1729-1794
Publisher: IDC
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Leiden, the Netherlands
Language: spa; ota
Number of pages: 237
Copyright date: 2004
Subjects: Bibliography; History; Sources; Imprints; Early printed books; Müteferrika Press
Other titles: Müteferrika Press; Turkish incunabula from the Müteferrika Press, 1729-1794
Description: 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.
Notes: Title from publisher's Web site.

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