NORBERG, MATTHIAS: - Turkiska rikets annaler sammandragne ur dess egna urkunder. Parts I-II:1-2 + III-IV (complete) in two volumes. Christianstad, F.F. Cedergréen & Hernösand, Jonas Svedbom, 1822.

. Pp. (ii), 78, 238, (1); (ii), 320, (ii), 321-549; 560-634, (2); (ii), 635-1079, (1); (ii), 1081-1443, (1). Text in Swedish. Pagination irregular but the text is complete. Contemporary half calf on marbled paper-covered boards, flat spines ruled in gilt, title labels, somewhat rubbed. Old ownership signatures. Occasionally some minor staining. First edition. This work is devoted to the history of the Ottoman empire based on various Turkish sources which Norberg had access to during his stay in Constantinople 1779/80. He has translated parts of major historical works by Gehibolulu Mustafa Ali Efendi (1541-99), Mustafa Naima (1655-1716), Rasif Mehmed (1714-35), Celebizade Isma'il Asim (d. 1760), Ahmed Vasif Efendi (ca 1730-1806), and others. First European translations of these major works. SWIM 29:345-9.

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