Ibrahim Müteferrika, Füyzat'i Miknatisiye (Treatise on Magnetism), printed in Ottoman Turkish, by the first series of the Müteferrika Press [Constantinople, 1144 AH (1731-2 AD)]

Ibrahim Müteferrika, Füyzat'i Miknatisiye (Treatise on Magnetism), printed in Ottoman Turkish, by the first series of the Müteferrika Press [Constantinople, 1144 AH (1731-2 AD)]

single volume, complete, printed in Ottoman Turkish with engraved head-piece opening the text and two engraved plates at the end, some faint water-staining to preliminary and penultimate leaves, stamped ownership mark to upper pastedown, overall very good condition, 8vo (208 by 140 mm.); in twentieth-century morocco, with marbled paper pasted to covers

An exceptionally rare and important treatise on magnetism, printed during the first series of the Müteferrika press' printing, under Ibrahim Müteferrika himself. The press only printed 16 works between 1729 and 1742, and this particular text was printed in an edition limited to 500 copies.

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