Çay Risâlesi [The book of tea].
Istanbul, Izzet Efendi Matbaasi, dated 1295 AH (1889 AD).
This is a comprehensive treatise dealing with the entomology of the term 'Çay' (tea), types of tea and how to prepare them, the various uses of tea including it's use as a herbal remedy, among others. Due to the immediate popularity of this publication, a second edition of the text was printed only one month after this edition (containing 69 pages).
First edition, printed in Ottoman Turkish, complete, engraved title, 81pp; 8vo (240 x 160 mm); some light finger soiling, a few later ownership inscriptions and annotations, faint water-staining to upper edge of preliminaries; original cloth, blind-stamped with gilt central medallion of the title (faded), repaired, spine and extremities worn.
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