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MARIN BARLETI – SCANDERBEG; WARHAFfTE EIGENTLICHE UND KURTZE BESCHREIBUNG ALLER NAMHAFFTEN RITTERLICHEN SCHLACHTEN
Sigmund Feyr, Frankfurt, 1577. 156 p., 32.5x21 cm. 71 in-text engravings. In renewed parcment covered hardcover binding.
446 A WORK… VERY VERY RARE… NOT EVEN IN THE ŞEFİK ATABEY COLLECTION… IN GOOD CONDITION FOR A BOOK OF THIS RARE… A VERY IMPORTANT BOOK IN TERMS OF OTTOMAN HISTORY... THE CATHOLIC CLERIC AND HISTORIAN MARIN BARLETI II FROM SHKODRA, WHO LIVED IN THE SAME PERIOD. MURAD AND FATIH TELL ABOUT SULTAN MEHMED'S PROGRESS IN THE BALKANS…
BARLETI, WHO WAS IN SHKODRA DURING THE OTTOMAN SIEGE OF SHKODRA BETWEEN 1474-1478, FLED TO ITALY AFTER THE CITY WAS CONQUERED BY THE OTTOMANS IN 1479, HAS WRITTEN INTENSE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE LOSSES OF THE ALBANIAN PEOPLE AS A RESULT OF THE OTTOMAN ATTACKS THAT INCREASE EVERY YEAR, PASSIONATE PRAYERS AND Decrees FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THE LAST SECTION OF THE BOOK IS RESERVED TO THE LAST YEARS AND DEATH OF İSKENDER BEY, FOR WHICH GIVEN THE BOOK NAME. WITH 71 ENGRAVINGS OF JOST AMMAN…
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