81. Two-volume colligatum "Istoria turcilor (Chronicorvm Tvrcicorvm)" ("History of the Turks"), by Philipp Lonicer, in Latin, editio princeps, Frankfurt, 1578 and 1584

Selling price

EUR 2.800

Session

Tue, 21 November 2023 19:00

The bibliophile volume, printed in Latin, has been preserved in whole, in two volumes. The book binding is made of wooden boards, covered in parchment, richly decorated on both covers with scenery cameos, with inscriptions in Latin in the captions. The bindings made of leather and metal are old, original. The book does not have any notes in ownership or on the reader. It is the best-known writing by the reputed and learned German theologian, philologist, and historian, Philipp Lonicer (1532-1599): CHRONICORVM TVRCICORVM, In quibus TVRCORVM ORIGO, PRINCIPES, IMPERATORES, BELLA... ET CAEtera huc pertinentia ... exponuntur; Et Mahometicae religionis Instituta; Iudiciorumq; processus, & Aulae constitutio; Procerum item ac populi mores, vitaeq; degendae ratio percensetur: ACCESSERE, NARRATIO DE BAIAZETHIS FILIORVM SEDITIONIBVS ... Et IOHANNIS AVENTINI Liber, in quo causae miseriarum, quibus Christiana Respub. premitur, indicantur ... TOMVS PRIMVS-TERTIVS). OMNIA NVNC PRIMVM ... COLLECTA, SERMONEQVE latino exposita, à ... D. PHILIPPO LONICERO Theologo. ... Cum rerum et verborum INDICE copioso. [T.I:] (apud Iohannem Feyerabendt ...) [T.II:] (EX OFFICINA Georgij Coruini ... ) [T.III:] (APVD IOANNEM FEYERabendt ...), Frankfurt am Main, 1578. It contains volumes I and II. At the beginning of the first volume is Sig. Feyerabendt’s dedication to baron L. Schwendi, then 435 + 11 pages, respectively one sheet with the mark of I. Wechelum of Frankfurt. impensis Sig. Feyerabendii, 1584. The second volume has, before the title, a sheet with the mark of I. Wechelum of Frankfurt (Impensis Sig. Feyerabendii, 1584), and then, on 4 sheets, Epistola dedicatoria to I. Nicolaus Stupanus, Nuncupatoria, on 3 sheets, the work’s proper text on 208 pages, and, at the end, the Index of the volume on 13 pages, and, on the 14th page, the mark from the beginning is repeated, dated 1584. Graphically, the valuable frontispieces draw attention, as well as the initials with drawings of historical scenes and vignettes, but particularly the book’s illustrations.

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width 12.5 cm, height 18 cm

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