- 32
[Boissard, Jean Jacques]
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description
- Wahre Abbildungen der türckischen Kayser und persischen Fürsten... Beschrieben durch Georg Greblinger. Frankfurt: Johann Ammon, 1648
Second edition in German, small 4to (195 x 155mm.), title within engraved historiated border and 47 portrait plates by Theodore de Bry after Joris Hoefnagel, each within elaborate border or flowers, insects, animals and cartouches, contemporary vellum, the covers stamped in black, the lower cover "Ioachim Freyher von Windhag. Herr auf Pragtal und Saxenegg... 1651", the upper cover with his arms, [Atabey 125; Blackmer 159 (edition of 1596)], binding slightly worn
Catalogue Note
A good copy of this fine series of 47 decorative portraits of the sultans from Osman I to Murad III and other figures such as Scanderbeg, Tammas Khuli Khan, Barbarossa, Roxelana (wife of Suleiman the Magnificent) and Pashas of the Ottoman Empire.