[UNION OF THE SOUL AND THE BODY IDEA IN TURKEY] Ruh ve beden. [i.e. L'âme et le corps = The mind and the brain]. Translated by Hüseyin Cahid Yalçin, (1875-1957)

ALFRED BINET, (1857-1911), Tanin Matbaasi, Istanbul, 1927. Original grey cloth bdg. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 300 p. First and only Turkish edition of this extremely rare first book attempting to answer questions about the Mind or the internal world of the human being, and Matter or the external environment around humans. This is later translated into Turkish by Turkish author Hüseyin Cahit Yalçin (1857-1957) and published as a book of the "Oglumun Kütüphanesi" [i.e. The Library of My Son] Series after the first Binet-Simon scale for measuring intelligence was created in 1905. The calligraphy of the title was made by Hattat Mustafa Halim Özyazici (1898-1964).  Alfred Binet was basically a clinical psychologist whose wide-ranging interests in learning difficulties faced by school children prompted him to undertake extensive studies in human cognition, psychology, learning, and behavior. Though he initially trained to become a lawyer, he