CONSTANTINOPLE Ottoman Greece Morea Very rare 1686

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Livello bibliografico: Monografia Tipo documento: Testo a stampa Autore: Pittoni, Giovanni Pietro Titolo: Historia, o sia vero, e distinto ragguaglio dello stato presente della citta di Costantinopoli, e suo serraglio. 2. Li ritti de Turchi, e grandezze dell'Ottomano impero. 3. La vita del gran turco, Mehemet 4. regnante. 4. La descrittione delle fortezze delli Dardanelli. 5. La vita, & morte di Carra Mustafa gran visir, che fu sotto l'assedio di Vienna. 6. La relatione della Morea, con il dissegno geografico, della medema. Adornata con sei figure in rame ... Pubblicazione: In Venetia : presso Leonardo Pittoni : si vende al ponte de Baretteri sotto il portico all'insegna della Speranza, 1686 Descrizione fisica: 4!, 36 p., 3! c. di tav. ripieg. : ill. c geogr. ; 4o Note Generali: Numeri romani nel tit Il nome dell'A. figura a c. pi2v Segn.: pi2 A-D4 E2 Numeri: Impronta - noto lia- e.e, regi (3) 1686 (R) Nomi: Main Entry : Pittoni, Giovanni Pietro Entry : Historia, o' sia vero, e distinto ragguaglio dello stato presente della citta di Costantinopoli.... Venice : Leonardo Pittoni, 1684. 4to, modern blind-stamped mor. With 2 ports, 3 folding views & folding map. Ports & view of Constantinople shaved with slight loss of image & letters; some stains. ID : Blackmer copy. Sale Record : Sotheby's, Oct 11, 1989 , lot 262, £3,200 ($5,056), to Duman Note : Weber 738 has 2d Ed of 1686.. Estimated was 2000-2500 GBP Of all the works on Constantinople and the Ottoman Empire this book (1686 edition) is exceedingly rare T was only one copy at auction once, an earlier edition with less pages (in the famous Blackmer sale), t was no copy in Atabey. The word rare is not a word that I use lightly. T is one copy in the British Library, one copy in university library of Leipzig . According to world catalogue, not always the most reliable source, 1 edition published in 1686 in Italian and held by 0 libraries worldwide, but this cannot be true, because 5 copies in Italy of the 1684 and the 1686 edition. I am an honest guy, so I am not going to write something vague like one 1 plate? (out of six) missing?, because I am sure of that, The title page indicates 6 plates, the following are present: 1. Fold out city view of Constantinople , Looks very much like Braun Hogenberg famous engraving but t are slight differences. 2. Portrait of young Mehmet IIII 3. Fold-out Dardanelo Constantinopli 4. Portrait Mustafa Cara 5. Another, but different fold out view of the fort of the Dardanneles In the 1684 edition t was a folding map of Tenedos. Having said this the copy in the Italian library indicates only three tables and must be tfore also incomplete. Pittoni's work contains a brief biographical sketch of Mehmet IV, an account of Islam, a description of Tenedos and of the Dardanelles . The subject of one of the portraits, Kara Mustafa, was the Grand Vizier who directed the second siege of Vienna in 1683. Pittoni wrote another work, Il regno della Morea sotto il Veneti. 21 cm. Fold-out 21 by 26cm. Value: Yes it is true, one engraving missing, if it w 100% complete I would not hesitate to double the Blackmer price. (3200 GBP). This is not a book that is so called rare but comes up for auction regularly. It is close to unique and it will probably be lacking in all major collections. NB my copy has an original vellum binding, this was not the case with the Blackmer copy. Questions always. Paypal ask me first. Eu residents without VAt number + 6% read more

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