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April 11, 2008: Important Collection of Ottoman Books at Auction in Turkey

"The auction is to be composed of two separate sections, with Rado's collection featured in the first part while the second half is to feature around 100 paintings from the 19th century to the present day. A particularly interesting aspect is that the list of items to be auctioned includes a full set of antique books printed by the first printing press in İstanbul, established by Hungarian-born Ottoman intellectual İbrahim Mütefferika in December 1727."

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