[STRANGENESS OF THE NEW WORLD / PLATE FROM THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE MUSLIM WORLD / THE HUNTING IN AMERICA] [Woodcut plate showing a hunting scene from the New World (America) by an archer...

N.A. [Darü’t-Tiba’atü’l-Ma’mûre (Müteferrika Printing House)], [Kostantiniyye (Constantinople)], AH 1142 = [1730]. COMPLETE TITLE: [NEW WORLD’S STRANGE PLATE FROM THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE MUSLIM WORLD / THE HUNTING IN AMERICA] [Woodcut plate showing a hunting scene from the New World (America) by an archer, a jaguar, a strange crocodile and horse on a riverside, from the fourth incunable and the first illustrated book printed in Islamic world]. Original woodcut plate with letterpress text. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). Marginal wormholes with a slightly affected illustrated block on the upper left. Age toning and foxing, a couple of stains on the margins. Otherwise, a fair/good leaf.  An important and exceedingly rare woodcut print showing a hunting scene from the New World (America) by an archer, probably a jaguar, a strange crocodile and horse on a riverside, from the fourth incunable and the first illustrated book printed in Is