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LAONIKOS CHALKOKONDYLES (THOMAS ARTUS, FRANÇOIS EUDES DE MEZERAY, MICHEL BAUDIER, BLAISE DE VIGENERE) – HISTOIRE GENERALE DES TURCS
First edition. Chez Augustin Courbe, Paris, 1662. 37x24 cm, 2 volumes; Vol. 1, 905 pp., vol. 2; 766 p. 1st volume 20 full-page wooden engravings of Turkish rulers; Vol. 2, 1 folding İstanbul map and 1 Turkish Army's folding battle plan, 5 full-page wooden engravings of Turkish rulers, 64 full-page engravings of men's and women's clothing, and 17 full-page allegorical engravings. In leather binding of the period. Professionally repaired ridge, water stains on some pages. Overall, a copy in good condition.
VERY RARE… 360 YEARS OLD MASTERPIECE… FIRST EDITION…
ESSENTIAL REFERENCE BOOK ON OTTOMAN HISTORY BETWEEN 1298-1649…
TOTAL OF 106 FULL-PAGE ENGRAVINGS, 1 FOLDING İSTANBUL MAP AND 1 FOLDING OTTOMAN ARMY’S BATTLE PLAN… A MASTERPIECE OF 2 VOLUMES COVERING 23 BOOKS… ORIGINAL TEXTS WRITTEN BY CHALKOKONDYLES IN THE FIRST 10 BOOKS…
WRITTEN BY CHALKOKONDYLES, FAMOUS GREEK HISTORIAN WHO LIVED DURING THE PERIOD OF THE CONQUEST OF ISTANBUL… THIS WORK IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE BEST AMONG THE HISTORY BOOKS ON THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE’S RISE OF THE OF FALL OF BYZANTINE EMPIRE…
CHALKOKONDYLES IS KNOWN AS THE FIRST GREEK AUTHOR TO TREAT ISLAM AS A LEGITIMATE RELIGION…
THE LAST 13 BOOKS CONTAINS ADDITIONS BY THOMAS ARTUS, FRANÇOIS EUDES DE MEZERAY, MICHEL BAUDIER AND BLAISE DE VIGENERE AND UPDATES TO THE ORIGINAL TEXT OF CHALKOKONDYLES (c.1423-c.1473) ABOUT THE PERIOD 1474-1649…
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