National Printing Press of Egypt (sold) (المطبعه الأهليه)
National Printing Press of Egypt (1820 - present) (المطبعه الأهليه) also known as the Amiri Press or Bulaq Press was the first modern printer in Egypt, and as a result has had a powerful influence on print culture in the modern history of Egypt and the wider Arabic-speaking world. Soon after taking power in Egypt, Muhammed Ali Pasha sent a mission to Milan to understand the latest European print methods. After several years of study and preparation, this effort resulted in the opening of a government-run printers in the Bulaq neighborhood of Cairo, soon afterwards changing its name to National Printing Press. It initially published works relating to military affairs and administration, but later expanded to include literary and scientific works in both Arabic and Ottoman Turkish. Among its publications were the Journal of the Khedive (Jurnal al-Khidiw / جرنال الخديوي), the first printed periodical in Arabic. It continued to publish groundbreaking works over the following decades, including in 1924 the King Fu'ād Quran, the first printed edition of the Quran approved by an Islamic authority (the al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo).
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Ancient Meets Modern.
Plan de la ville de Ghizeh / خريطة مدينة الجيزة.
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A scarce large-format bilingual (French - Arabic) city map of plan of Giza, Egypt, prepared by the Egyptian Supervision (Ministry) of Public Works and printed in 1887 by the National Printing Press of Egypt. It was produced as Giza was becoming an increasingly popular destination for European Egyptologists, a process facilitated by the completion of the railway seen here. (more details)