[FIRST OCCIDENTAL WORK OF CENTRAL ASIAN PEOPLES] Hunlarin, Türklerin, Mogollarin ve daha sair Tatarlarin tarih-i umumîsi. 8 volumes set. [i.e. History of the Huns, Turks, Mongols, and other Western Tartaraes]. Translator: Hüseyin Cahid [Yalçin]

JOSEPH DE GUIGNES, (1721-1800), Tanin Matbaasi, Istanbul, (1923-1924). Original grey cloth bindings. Occasionally fading on the spines. Overall a very good set. Demy 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 8 volumes set: (487, [2] p.; 512 p.; 446, [2] p.; 512 p.; 418, [2] p.; 500 p.; 531, [1] p., 377 p.).Scarce first Turkish edition of this complete set of "Histoire generale des Huns, des Turcs, des Mongols, et des autres Tartaraes occidentaux" (1756-58) by De Guignes who was one of the most prominent orientalists of the 18th century. His most famous and influential work is one on the Turkic peoples of Central Asia, Turkestan, and China. It was translated by Hüseyin Cahit Yalçin (1874-1957), who was a prominent Turkish theorist and his works and translations defending the idea of a homogenous nation became popular within Ittihat ve Terakki [i.e. the Party of Union and Progress]. It was published with the encouragement of Ziya Gökalp (1876-1924), one of t