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GIOVIO, Paolo.
Turcicarum rerum commentarius Pauli Iovii episcopi Nucerini ad Carolum V Imperatorum Augustum: Ex Italico Latinus factus, Francisco Nigro Basianate interprete.
Strassburg, Wendelinus Rihelius. 1537 . First Edition in Latin, 8vo, [51]ff. of 52 (lacking final blank), clean throughout, a few contemporary annotations, last leaf a little rubbed and dusty affecting two letters in colophon and laid down. [BOUND WITH] FROISSART, Jean. Frossardi...historiarum opus omne..., Paris, Simon de Colines, 1537, [16]ff., 115 ff., [1]ff., wanting initial and final blanks, a large woodcut printers device to title page of 'Tempus', a winged satyr wielding a scythe, cut by Geoffroy Tory, title page with small tear to upper outer corner with loss and 1cm tear to lower margin without loss, ownership signatures, clean throughout; contemporary blind-stamped pigskin, a little rubbed, bound on upside-down, lacking ties, all edges speckled red.
This edition not in Blackmer or Atabey, Göllner 596. A scarce first edition in Latin of Giovio's history of the Ottoman Empire from Orchan to Suleiman. This "was the most popular source of information on the Turks in the 16th century. It is also of significance as a symbol of resistance to the continued expansion of the Turkish forces. Giovio, provoked by the siege of Vienna in 1529, regarded this work his contribution to the struggle, as is clear from his dedication to Charles V"(Atabey, p264.) Translated from Italian into Latin by Francesco Negri. Adams F1070; Renouard, P., Simon de Colines, p.279. Bound first is a greatly condensed version of Froissart's Chronicles abridged and translated from the French into Latin by Johannes Sleidanus. Simon de Colines, one of the greatest French printers of the early sixteenth century, before setting up on his own, was the print-shop foreman of Henri Estienne, and upon Estienne's death married his widow.
Price: £ 850
US Dollar Price: $ 1260
Stock Number: 57088