Winner of the 2018 PROSE Awards: R.R. Hawkins Award for excellence in scholarly publishing Explore centuries of intellectual and cultural links between the Middle East and Europe “This is a beautiful and fascinating collection primarily for scholars and researchers with a deep interest in the influence of the Middle East on the West.” Library Journal The Arcadian Library’s rare ancient manuscripts, early books and incunabula, documents, maps, and printed books tell the story of the shared heritage of Europe and the Middle East across a millennium. NEW Europe and the Ottoman World: Diplomacy and International Relations Comprising 35,500 facsimile images covering the period from 1475 to 1877, highlights include: • Unique illuminated and signed vellum letters from • A collection of 18th century anti-Turkish propaganda King James I to Sultan Osman II and from King pamphlets, providing insight into the history of Charles I to the Grand Vizier of Sultan Murad IV, Islamophobia in Europe. demonstrating attempts to open up new trade routes between Britain and the Middle East. • The Stopford Papers: an unstudied archive of official papers, letters and briefings sent to Admiral Sir Robert • A pair of fermans signed by Sultan Abdulmejid I Stopford, Commander-in-Chief of the British Mediterranean awarding the highest honours of the Ottoman Empire Fleet between 1837 and 1841, including his complete to the French diplomat Charles Joseph Tissot, together correspondence with the foreign secretary Viscount with signed documents by Napoleon III giving Palmerston during the second Egyptian-Ottoman War. permission for him to wear the award. Available To register for a free 30-day institutional trial, email: via perpetual access Americas: [email protected] UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia: [email protected] Australia and New Zealand: [email protected] www.arcadianlibraryonline.com.