Author: [OTTOMAN EMPIRE].
Title: [Collection of treaty articles relating to commercial transactions of subjects of the Austrian state in the Ottoman Empire]. Avusturya devleti tebaasinin Memalik-i Osmaniyede ticaretlerine ait mevadd-i ahdiyye mecmuasidir.Vienna, Dar tiba’ al-imberaturiyy (k. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei), 1846. Large 8vo. Printed in black with red headings, within printed gilt rules. Illuminated head-piece and ‘unwan printed in three colours and gilt, in imitation of manuscript illumination. Gilt tail-piece. Contemporary green morocco with a fore-edge flap, gold-stamped boards with an oriental design, gilt edges.
Description: 88 pp.The full text of 19 trade treaties, in Ottoman Turkish throughout, closed between the Roman/Austrian and the Ottoman Empire between 1110/1699 (Peace of Karlovac) and 1259/1844. An Italian-language edition had appeared in 1844 ("Raccolta dei Trattati e delle principali convenzioni concernanti il commercio e la navigazione dei sudditi Austriaci negli Stati della Porta Ottomana").Occasional insignificant foxing; altogether very well preserved. A splendidly bound copy.l Zenker, BO II, 805.

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