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(BIBLE IN OTTOMAN TURKISH.) Kitab ül-Ahd ül-Cedid. Turkish translation by Wojciech Bobowski, edited by Jean-Daniel Kieffer. [4], 487 pages, including half-title, 9 cancel leaves, and errata on last 3 pages. 8vo, 211x136 mm, modern leather with lettering piece; scattered foxing, title written in English in pencil on half-title, blank lower outer corner off 13/4, vertical crease in 2 leaves at end. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale for the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1819]
first edition in turkish of the New Testament, printed from an unpublished manuscript by Bobowski (1610-75), a Polish convert to Islam also known as Ali Ufki or Ali Bey. Errors discovered after publication led to the addition of an errata list and the replacement of some leaves with corrected cancels in whatever copies could be found. Darlow & Moule 9453 (calling for 11 cancels).
