A. Gislenii Busbequii omnia quae extant
by Busbecq, Ogier Ghislain. [1522-1592]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Amstelodami: Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1660. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 48mo. Full vellum binding. Spine lettered. Decorative gilt tooling on spine. All edges in red. 575 p.p., [23] p.p. index. Includes engraved title-page. Ogier Ghislain Busbecq [1522-1592] was a Flemmish writer and diplomat, who was ambassador to the Ottomon Empire at Constantinople, in 1554 and 1556, under the reign of Suleyman I. Bubescq later served as a councillor to Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I in 1562. The book contains Busbecq's four letters of the Turkish Embassy, military affairs, the embassy to Suleyman and Ferdinand, an letter to Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II, and a look at the life of the author. Bookplate of Frederick J.0. Montagu to front pastedown. Vellum soiled. Spine darkened, with lettering and gilt faded. Front inner hinge cracked. Top-edge of front free endpaper cut out [31.75mm x 12.7mm]. Sporadic foxing. Some dog-eared pages and chip to lower corner of p. 39, not affecting text. Else a very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001713
- Title
- A. Gislenii Busbequii omnia quae extant
- Author
- Busbecq, Ogier Ghislain. [1522-1592]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ex Officina Elzeviriana
- Place of Publication
- Amstelodami
- Date Published
- 1660
- Keywords
- Turkey, Constantinople, Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand I, Rudolph II, Suleyman I, History of Turkey, Ottoman
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Biography; Political Theory;
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- Vellum
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- Hinge
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- Gilt
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