[FIRST TURKISH BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE] Manzara-i Iber yahud Roma tarihi. 2 volumes set. [i.e. A view of the world and the history of Rome]

AHMED CEVDET PASHA, (Turkish statesman, historian, scholar), (1822-1895)., Cemal Efendi Matbaasi / Mahmud Bey Matbaasi., Istanbul, [AH: 1305] = 1888. Original fine black quarter leather bdg. Marbled endpaper. Ottoman lettered gilt on spine. 2 volumes in 1. Demy 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 2 volumes set: (303, [7] p; 238, [6] p). Hegira: 1305 = Gregorian: 1888.First and only edition of this extremely rare first separate Roman history (as well as the Byzantine history) in the Ottoman/Turkish literature.Ahmed Cevdet Pasha had already dealt briefly in Roman and Byzantine history as part of an outline of ancient and medieval European history (Avrupa'nin Ahval-i Sabika ve Lahikasi): Tarih-i Cevdet (first edition) vol. 6 (Istanbul 1294 AH /1877). The Roman history until Constantine the Great is limited to the first ten pages of this account, the remainder deals with Byzantine history.ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Ahmed Cevdet Pasha was an Ottoman scholar, intell