Pick of the week: The Ottoman view of the world
A copy of the first folio atlas ever printed in the Islamic world has sold for £69,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) – the highlight of the first day of Dreweatts’ sale titled Weston Hall and the Sitwells: A Family Legacy.
The Ottoman atlas by Mahmoud Raif Efendi titled Cedid Atlas Tercumesi (A Translation of a New Atla…