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THE HAREM by N. M. Penzer

THE HAREM

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Pub Date: Feb. 11th, 1937
Publisher: Lippincott

Sub-titled: An account of the institution as it existed in the palace of the Turkish Sultans with a history of the Grand Seraglio from its foundation to the present time. A thorough treatise on the subject and, so far as we know, the only book of its kind and therefore valuable for reference. Study of architecture, floor plans, general layout, uses of various factors, costumes, customs, and so on.