CHALCONDYLE (Laonicos), ARTUS D'EMBRY (Thomas), MÉZERAY (François Eudes de), BAUDIER (M.) & NICOLAI (M.). General History of the Turks, containing Chalcondyle’s History […], the History of the Seraglio […], and the Translation of the Annals of the Turks […]. Translated by Blaise de VIGENAIRE. Paris: Augustin Courbé, 1662. Five parts in 2 folio volumes, calfskin, decorated ribbed spine (contemporary binding). Two engraved frontispiece titles, one large folded plate (“The City of Constantinople”), one double plate (“Portrait of the Turkish Emperor’s Army Arranged in Battle Formation”), and numerous portraits and costumes within the text, most of them full-page. The National Library catalog lists only one edition published by Sébastien Cramoisy on the same date. Significant restoration to the binding; water stains on several leaves; marginal wormholes. Koç, Collection, 59; Atabey, I, 214.
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CHALCONDYLE (Laonicos), ARTUS D'EMBRY (Thomas), MÉZERAY (François Eudes de), BAUDIER (M.) & NICOLAI (M.). General History of the Turks, containing Chalcondyle’s History […], the History of the Seraglio […], and the Translation of the Annals of the Turks […]. Translated by Blaise de VIGENAIRE. Paris: Augustin Courbé, 1662. Five parts in 2 folio volumes, calfskin, decorated ribbed spine (contemporary binding). Two engraved frontispiece titles, one large folded plate (“The City of Constantinople”), one double plate (“Portrait of the Turkish Emperor’s Army Arranged in Battle Formation”), and numerous portraits and costumes within the text, most of them full-page. The National Library catalog lists only one edition published by Sébastien Cramoisy on the same date. Significant restoration to the binding; water stains on several leaves; marginal wormholes. Koç, Collection, 59; Atabey, I, 214.

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CHALCONDYLE (Laonicos), ARTUS D'EMBRY (Thomas), MÉZERAY (François Eudes de), BAUDIER (M.) & NICOLAI (M.). General History of the Turks, containing Chalcondyle’s History […], the History of the Seraglio […], and the Translation of the Annals of the Turks […]. Translated by Blaise de VIGENAIRE. Paris: Augustin Courbé, 1662. Five parts in 2 folio volumes, calfskin, decorated ribbed spine (contemporary binding). Two engraved frontispiece titles, one large folded plate (“The City of Constantinople”), one double plate (“Portrait of the Turkish Emperor’s Army Arranged in Battle Formation”), and numerous portraits and costumes within the text, most of them full-page. The National Library catalog lists only one edition published by Sébastien Cramoisy on the same date. Significant restoration to the binding; water stains on several leaves; marginal wormholes. Koç, Collection, 59; Atabey, I, 214.
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