| Waiting for Müteferrika: Glimpses on Ottoman Print Culture Contributor(s): Sabev, Orlin (Author) |
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ISBN: 1618116185 ISBN-13: 9781618116185 Publisher: Academic Studies Press OUR PRICE: $113.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - Turkey & Ottoman Empire - History | Social History - History | Modern - 18th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2018006334 |
| Series: Ottoman and Turkish Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.91 lbs) 168 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Turkey |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a study of the first Ottoman/Muslim printer Ibrahim Müteferrika and his printing activity in the first half of the eighteenth century. By reviewing the existing views in narratives dating from the fifteenth through the nineteenth century and modern scholarly works, most of them quite critically discussing the relatively late introduction of Ottoman Turkish/Muslim printing, the book argues that the delay was mainly due to the lack of an appropriate printer who would be capable and eager enough to set a printing house and whom the Ottoman authority could trust. By focusing on Müteferrika's western-formed mindset the book detects the influence of his printing enterprise upon the transition from scribal tradition to print culture. |
