Historia delle cose successe dal principio della guerra Mossa da Selim Ottomano à Venetiani, fino al dì della gran giornata vittoriosa contra Turchi.

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Remainder of title: Descritta non meno particolare che fedelmente da M. Gio. Pietro Contarini Venetiano. 4to (20.4 x 15.3 cm.): [8], 56 (i.e. 102) pages (leaves are foliated rather than paginated); double-page engraved map of the Aegean between leaves 49 and 51 (i.e., N1v and N2r); woodcut printer s device on title page, woodcut initials. Bound in contemporary limp vellum (slight wear and worming to binding and blank endleaves, without ties). RARE FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE (WITH MAP) OF AN IMPORTANT SOURCE FOR THE BATTLE OF LEPANTO. Contarini wrote a detailed account of the battle, including the events leading up to it. He included many interesting statistics: the sources of the various ships, numbers of men taking part, etc. [.] The text of this issue [printed the same year as the first] has been completely reset, with the errata corrected, and a map has been inserted [.] it depicts the entrance to the Gulf of Lepanto with the islands of Cephalonia, Ithaca and Santa Maura and the position of the Venetian and allied fleet' (Ioannou). REFERENCES: Adams C2578; Atabey 274; Blackmer 396; Cobham-Jeffery, p. 12 (does not distinguish the issues); Ioannou, Cyprus and the Levant from the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation, I, p. 103. N° de ref. del artículo 72JFP058

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