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First edition of famous history of Portuguese explorations under King Manuel I 134. OSÓRIO, Jerónimo. De Rebus, Emmanuelis regis Lusitaniae invictissimi virtute et auspicio gestis libri duodecim. Lisbon, Antonio Gonçalves, 1571. 2 o . Contemporary limp vellum. sold Well-printed first edition of Osório’s famous history of the Portuguese explorations, expeditions and campaigns under King Manuel I (1495-1521). During Manuel’s reign, Vasco da Gama discovered a maritime route to India and Admiral Alfonso de Albuquerque established a monopoly on the maritime trade route to the Arabian Gulf. In order to gain control over the spice trade, Albuquerque conquered Goa (1510) and Malacca (1511), but was defeated by the <strong>Islamic</strong> Mamluks at Aden; it was only in 1515 that he managed to conquer Hormuz, after which he sought allies among Gulf States to obtain a balance of power. Osório’s history, written in elegant Latin, critisizes the conduct of the Portuguese in Asia, which led to his falling out of favour at the Portuguese court. Osório was highly regarded as an historian. Indeed, Michel de Monataigne described him as the “best Latin historian of our century”. With am armorial bookplate. Washed, marginal wormholes restored throughout, title-page soiled, the binding has come loose from the sewing supports at several points and last leaf nearly detached. Still a good copy. Alden & Landis 571/29; Borba de Moraes II, p. 637; Palau 206489; for background information: Floor, The Persian Gulf, pp. 89-112. The first publication of the Ethiopic Genesis. 135. OTHO, Georg Palaestra linguarum orientalium, hoc est: quatuor primorum capitum Geneseos, I. Textus originalis tam ex Judaeorum quàm Samaritanorum traditionibus. II. Targumim seu paraphrases orientales praecipuae, nempe I. Chaldaicae, (Onkelosi, Jonathanis et Hierosolymitana) II. Syriaca, III. Samaritana, IV. Arabica, V. Aethiopica, VI. Persica. Omnia cum versione Latinâ ... Including: OTHO, Andreas. Glossarium linguarum orientalium octuplex: Hebraicum, Chaldaicum, Syriacum, Samaritanum, Arabicum, Aethiopicum, Persicum et Rabbinicum … Frankfurt am Main, published by Friedrich Knoch, printed by Martin Jacquet, 1702. 4 o . Set in roman, Arabic, Hebrew, Samaritan and Ethiopic types. 2 parts in 1 volume.19th-century half calf with marbled sides. € 3.950 First and only edition of a small polyglot Bible. Although this only contains the first four chapters of Genesis, it does so in seven languages printed in five different scripts. The publication of polyglot bibles in the 16th and 17th centuries was an important aid in comparative Bible studies. By comparing the eldest versions of the Bible available, written in the languages in use in the Middle-East, scholars hoped to better understand the text. Most of the text in this edition was reprinted from the London Polyglot published in 1654-57, but apparently the Ethiopic text was published here for the first time. Georg Otho (1634-1713) was professor of Greek and Oriental languages at the University of Marburg and published a number of books on this subject. Contemporary ownership entries on the front pastedown; pencil marks in the second part; binding slightly worn; last ten leaves with small waterstains, somewhat browned. An interesting polyglot bible printed in five different scripts. Bibliotheca Sussexiana, vol. I-2, pp. 119-20, vol. II, p. 8; Mayer, Bibliography of the Samaritans, p. 32; VD18 (8 copies).
Ottoman ambassador’s audiences before the Emperor Charles VI and Prince Eugene of Savoy 136. [OTTOMAN EMPIRE]. Distinto ragguaglio della solenne udienza che alli 4. Settembre ebbe dall’ Augustissimo Imperatore Carlo VI. re della Spagne, d’Ungheria &c. a Vienna nel Palazzo Cesareo della Favorita l’ecc[ellentissi]mo sig[nor]. grande ambasciatore Ottomano visire Mückerem Ibrahim Pascia, … (Colophon: Rome, Giovanni Francesco Chracas, 1719). 4 o . Modern boards. € 4.500 Extremely rare contemporary account of the audiences of the first Ottoman ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire before the Emperor himself and before Prince Eugene of Savoy, both in the year 1719. This signalled the beginning of the attempted transition from war to negotiation in the ever difficult relations between the great <strong>Islamic</strong> and Christian powers. The Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (1685-1740) conducted the successful Austro-Turkish War against the Ottoman Empire in the years 1716 to 1718, lead by Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663- 1736). After the Treaty of Passarowitz ended the war on 21 July 1718 the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III sent Ibrahim Pasha to Vienna to serve as Ambassador and Charles VI sent Count Hugo von Virmont to Constantinople as Ambassador to the Sultan. Somewhat foxed but otherwise in very good condition and wholly untrimmed. An important document of the Ottoman Empire’s relations with Christian Europe and a window into the opulence accompanying the diplomacy. Cf. ICCU, RMLE047805; KVK (same copy); for the background: Ingrao (ed.), The Peace of Passarowitz, 1718 (2011). The Ottoman-Mamluk war and the conquest of Mecca and Medina 137. [OTTOMAN-MAMLUK WAR]. Omnia que gesta sunt in Orie[n]te inter Sophi & Maximum Turcarum & Suldanum, & que[m]admodum dux Turcaru[m] caepit Alepum & Damascum & Hierusalem cum om[n]ibus circumiace[n]tibus oppidis, & quo[rum] maximus Turcaru[m] voluit audire una[m] missam apud sanctu[m] sepulchru[m] Iesu Christi. [Basel, Pamphilus Gengenbach, 1518]. 4 o . With woodcut illustration on title-page. 19th-century pink wrappers, in modern half vellum clamshell box. € 35.000 Rare 16th-century news pamphlet on the Ottoman- Mamluk War (1516-17). The booklet relates the events from June 1516 to July 1517, followed by an account of Sultan Selim’s visit to Jerusalem. During the Ottoman- Mamluk war the Ottoman Sultan Selim I, known as “the Grim”, conquered Syria and defeated the Mamluk Sultan in the Battle of Ridaniya. He subsequently captured and sacked Cairo, thereby placing the holy cities Mecca and Medina under Ottoman rule, which marked the beginning of Ottoman power in Arabia. With two bookplates, some browning, otherwise in very good condition. Göllner 115; USTC 679549; VD 16, O 738.
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