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Histoire Generale Des Turcs By Laonikos Chalkokondyles. The 1662 First Edition. Histoire Generale Des Turcs, Contenant L'Histoire de Chalcondyle, Traduite par Blaise de Vigenaire, Avec les Illustrations du mesme Autheur. Et Continve'e jusues en l'an M. DC. XII. par Thomas Artus; Et en cette Edition, par le Sieur De Mezeray, jusques en l'année 1661. De Plus, L'Histoire du Serail par le Sieur Baudier. Les Figures et Descriptions Des Principaux Officiers Et Autres Personnes de L'Empire Turc, par Nicolai. Les Tableaux Prophetiques Sur la Ruine du Mesme Empire. Et La Traduction des Annales des Turcs, Piece Tres necessaire pour l'intelligence de tout le corps de cette Histoire, mie du Latin en François, par ledit Sieur Mezeray. Tome Premier [Tome Second] A Paris; Chez Augustin Covrbe; au Palais; en la Galerie de Merciers, à la Palme. / M. DC. LXII. Avec Privilege du Roy. The Volumes are in Very Good Condition Bound in mottled calf, contemporary to the time of publication, with the spine divided into seven gilt-stamped compartments by six raised bands, and with a black morocco letter-piece in the second compartment from the top, with gilt board edges and red speckled leaf edges. Externally, the boards and spines are lightly scuffed in general, with damage to the head and tail of the spines having been repaired, with the board corners bumped. Internally the leaves are generally clean and amply margined with paper repairs to several leaves and to the map of Istanbul, with a small hole in one of the full page plates, a paper defect to C3 in volume II., and with some water-staining near the end of volume I., with some light toning throughout, occasional milf foxing, and some small stains otherwise. The Volume is Complete in All Respects. Volume One with 20 engraved vignette portraits of Turkish rulers. Volume Two with a fold out map of Istanbul (neatly repaired on verso), and fold out plan of the order of battle for the Turkish Army, 5 vignettes of Turkish rulers, 64 full-page engraved plates of male and female citizens of Constantinople, one full-page view, 17 full-page engraved plates of emblems, woodcut head and tail-pieces and initials throughout. With the oft absent or defaced plate 23 in volume II, leaf Fiii. The volume is paginated as follows: Vol. I; [xxii], 746, 751-753, 746, 755-907, [xxix]. Vol. II; [x], 204, [xii], [iv], 89, [ii], 85, [x], 64 numbered leaves, [ii], 67-116, [iii], [1]-273 numbered columns, [3] . The volume collates as follows: Vol. I; á, é, A-3Q6, 3R4, 3S-4F6, ✝,✝✝ 4, ✝✝✝6. Vol. II; á 6, A-2A4, 2B2, 2C-2E4, a-k4, L6, a-m4, A-X4, Y6, Z2, a-l6, M4. The volumes measure about 37.5 cm. By 24 cm. By 6 cm each leaf measures about 360 mm. By 215 mm. After the Fall of Constantinople, Laonikos Chalkokondyles wrote his most important historical work, Proofs of Histories. This historical work comprises one of the most important sources for the students of the final 150 years of Byzantine history, despite being defective in its chronology. It covers the period from 1298 1463, describing the fall of the Byzantine empire and the rise of the Ottoman Turks, which forms the centre of the narrative, down to the conquest of the Venetians and Mathias, king of Hungary, by Mehmed II. The capture of Constantinople he rightly regarded as an historical event of far-reaching importance and compared it to the fall of Troy. The work also sketches other manners and civilization of England, France and Germany, whose assistance the Greeks sought to obtain against the Turks. For his account of earlier events he was able to obtain information from his father. The work was first translated from Greek to Latin by Conrad Clauser of Basel, and then to french by the early cryptographer Blaise de Vigenère. Artus Thomas then expanded upon the work. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-1574439615730
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