[OTTOMAN AFRICA - LIBYA - SAHARA] Trablusgarb'tan Sahrâ-yi Kebîr'e dogru. Sahrâ teskilâti ve akvâmi hakkinda tedkikat: Sahrâ'nin teskilâti, iklimi, hayvanat ve nebatati... [i.e. Voyages from Tripoli to the Great Sahara]

[ABDULKADIR] CÂMÎ [BAYKURT sic. BAYKUT] (Fizan meb'usu [i.e. The deputy of Fezzan]), (1877-1949), Nisan Babikyan Matbaasi., Dersaadet - Istanbul, [AR 1326 = AH 1327] = 1910. COMPLETE TITLE: [OTTOMAN AFRICA - LIBYA - SAHARA] Trablusgarb'tan Sahrâ-yi Kebîr'e dogru. Sahrâ teskilâti ve akvâmi hakkinda tedkikat: Sahrâ'nin teskilâti, iklimi, hayvanat ve nebatati, Sahrâ buldani ile beledî ve Bedevî akvâmin tarz-i hayat ve maisetleri, araklari hakkinda tedkikât ve tetebbuât. [i.e. Voyages from Tripoli to the Great Sahara]. Original illustrated wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 13 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 220, [2] p., 41 unnumbered plates (incl. 68 b/w photos), and 3 maps. Pages are partly untrimmed and uncut. Slight stains on cover and wear at spine. Overall a good copy. Roumi: 1326 = Hegira: 1327 = Gregorian: 1910.First and only edition of this extremely rare book, including a historically significant eyewitness account of Cami Baykurt, who was an Ottoman officer durin