[FIRST OTTOMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL GUIDE TO EPHESUS] Efezos-Ayasulug rehberi. [i.e. Guide to Ephesos and Ayasulug]

AZIZ [OGAN], (1888-1956), Hafiz Ali Matbaasi / Izmir ve Havalisi Âsar-i Atîka Muhibleri Cemiyeti, Izmir (Smyrna), 1927. Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 42 p., one map, 33 unnumbered b/w ills. of panoramic and detailed snapshots of the ruined area. Water stains on cove some stains. Chipped on the spine. Otherwise a good copy. First and only edition of this uncommon first original Ottoman archaeological guide to Ephesus and Ayasuluk, places where are cities in ancient Greece on the coast of Ionia and one of the seven churches of Asia, prepared by Ogan, during he supervised the excavations of ancient cities like Sardis, Ephesus, Ayasuluk, Selçuk, Pergamon, Didyma, Miletus and conducted research on these sites, which are all very important for the ancient history of West Anatolian geography. In this period, notably, he coordinated the transfer of the artifacts that appeared in various museums all over the country. An illustrate