[BULGARIAN FATHER OF THE UNITED NATIONS IDEAL / STAR OF THE CONSENT / ETÔILE DE LA CONCORDE] Müsalemet-i umûmiye için Cihan Divân-i Daimisi. Translated by Giridî Ahmed Saki

NIKOLA DIMKOF (1859-1937), Garoyan Matbaasi, Istanbul, 1917. Original wrappers. Foolscap 8vo. (18,5 x 9,5 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 24 p. Internally well preserved, with occasional light discoloration, otherwise, a very good copy. The book was inscribed as “Muhterem Tasvîr-i Efkâr Gazetesi heyet-i tahrîriyesi müdiriyetine” [i.e., To the editorial board of “Tasvir-i Efkâr Newspaper”]. Exceedingly rare first and only Ottoman Turkish edition of the first study laying the intellectual foundations of the United Nations, written by the Bulgarian father of this idea, Nicolas Dymkoff (1859-1937). This book was translated by Giridî Ahmed Saki (Ahmet Saki Derin) (1876-1944), who was an Ottoman law professor and French teacher. He was born in Crete where his nickname comes from (Giridî = Cretan). He was also the founding member of the Society of Turkish Education [Türk Maarif Cemiyeti]. He was known for his translations from Montesquieu. "I am convinced that the Su