Ebüzziyazâde Abdurrahman Velid - A Comet in the Skies Over Constantinople - 1912
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Kuyruklu yildizlar og Halley Kevkeb-i Gisudâri: Neler olacak? Ale'lumûm kuyruklu yildizlar ile Halley necm-i gisudâri hakkinda malûmât ve tedkikâti samil risâledir. Ebüzziyazâde Abdurrahman Velid. Matbaa-yi Ebüzziya., [AH 1327], Istanbul, 1912.
First study on comets and Helley Comet in Ottoman Turkish.
Very attractive original illustrated cover. Mostly unopened. "Foolscap 8vo. 96 p., richly illustrated. Scarce first edition of the first original and richly illustrated Turkish study on Halley's Comet, which is visible from Earth every 75-79 years, written by Abdurrahman Velid (1884-1945) (...) According to the introduction titled "Ashab-i Mütalaaya", this work was published five or six days before Halley's approach to the world, and it caused public uneasiness due to its possible contact with the world. Writing that he
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