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1632 BOSPHORUS HISTORY antique BYZANTIUM OTTOMAN TURKEY CONSTANTINOPLE: Gyllius, P. De Bosporo Thracio Lib.III. Leyden, Apud Elzevirios [B. and A. Elzevier], 1632 379,(5)p. Engraved title with small view of the Bosporus, Original calf Size 2 1/4 by 4 1/2" Bookplate on upp

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1638 BELGIAN & DANISH HISTORY antique VELLUM BOUND: MEURSIUS, Joannes Historica; Danica pariter, & Belgica, uno tomo comprehensa [...]. Operum omnium tomus primus. 5 parts in 1 volume, folio (8 1/2 by 12 3/4"). Amsterdam, 1638 [8]-118, [6]-133-[1 bl.],

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1679 PEACE of WESTFALIA 30 YEARS WAR HISTORY antique VELLUM BINDING rare: Historia Pacis Germano-Gallo-Svecicae, Monasteri atque Osnabrugae tractatae, et anno 1648 perfectae, ex ipsis rerum gestarum documentis atque commentariis deprompta et concinnata. Irenopoli (Gotha, Ge

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1794 SPANISH ITALIAN & FRENCH HISTORY antique VELLUM: Clave Historical con que se abre la Puerta by Henrique Florez HISTORICAL KEY TO THE HIGHPOINTS OF SPANISH, ITALIAN & FRENCH HISTORY FROM THE 1st THROUGH 18th CENTURY - AN OUTLINE OF IMPORTANT POLITICA

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1597 HISTORY of GENOA antique VELLUM in Italian RARE 16th century in ITALIAN: DELL ISTORIE DI GENOVA di mons. Uberto Foglietta ... libri XII, tradotte per M. Francesco Serdonati ... In Genova, Girolamo Bartoli, 1597 (colophon 1596) by Foglietta, Uberto (1518-1581) Size 7 3/4 by

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1692 LUTHERANISM HISTORY antique MASSIVE FOLIO VELLUM BOUND in LATIN: Commentarius historicus et apologeticus de Lutheranismo, sive de reformatione religionis ductu D. Martini Lutheri in magna Germaniae parte aliisque regionibus (...) in quo Ludovici Maimburgii Jesuitae

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1703 HISTORY of VENICE antique VELLUM BOUND in ITALIAN: Historia Vinetiana di Paolo Paruta Cavaliere, et Procuratore di S. Marco. Venezia: Guiseppe Nicolino Angeli, 1703. 748 pp. An quarto volume (7 by 9.5") bound in original vellum with a brown label on t

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1721 HISTORY of FRANCE antique VELLUM LATIN FROSSARDUS: FROSSARDUS ET COMINAEUS, DUO NOBILISSIMI GALLICARUM SCRIPTORES. Amsterdam, 1640 12mo: 3 by 5 1/8" 670-[48-2 bl.] pp. Pocket-size edition of Latin versions by the Luxemburg historian Johannes Sleidanus

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1755 studying the History of Florence antique vellum bound in Italian: Manni, Domenico Maria METODO BREVE PER ISTUDIARE PROFITTEVOLMENTE LA STORIA DI FIRENZE Method for studying the History of Florence with brevity and profitably Florence, Moucke, 1755 Size 5 by 7.5" Num

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1594 JEWISH HISTORY by JOSEPHUS FLAVIUS antique VELLUM BOUND FOLIO 16th CENTURY: [Judaica and Hebraica]. Flavius ??Josephus. Des hoochberoemden Joodschen Histori-schrijvers Boecken First Dutch-language Flavius ??Josephus edition printed in Netherlands. Leyden, J. Paedts Jacobszoon

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1535 MILAN ITALIAN HISTORY by Galeazzo Capella antique VELLUM in LATIN rare: Capella, Galeazzo Flavio Commentarii Galeacii Capellae De Rebus Gestis pro restitutione Francisci. II. Mediolani Ducis, in quibus pleraque bella, quae per novem annos in Italia gesta sunt, scitu non m

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1583 RENAISSANCE HISTORY P. Iovii antique FOLIO VELLUM: Pauli Iovii Novocomensis Episcopi Nucerini, Historiarum sui Temporis 2 volumes, bound together Lutetiae, Michaelis Vascosani: 1583 Folio, 9 by 13 3/4" Vellum bound. Very good interior condition, both

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1642 HISTORY of ULTRECHT NETHERLANDS antique VELLUM BOUND FOLIO in LATIN w/ MAP: DE EPISCOPIS ULTRAIECTINIS, RECOGNITI ET NOTIS HISTORICIS ILLUSTRATI AB ARN. BUCHELIO BATAVO I.C. ACCEDUNT LAMB. HORTENSII MONTFORTII SECESSIONUM ULTRAIECTINARUM LIBRI, ET SIFFRIDI PETRI FRISII APPEND

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1744 ROMAN HISTORY ARMORIAL VELLUM antique by Marcus Velleius Paterculus: Velleius Paterculus, C. Quae supersunt ex Historiae Romanae. Ed. P. Burmanno. Leyden, S. Luchtmans, 1744 2 parts in 1 volume (38),747,(122)p. Woodcut printer's mark, engraved frontispiece Original sch

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1744 ROMAN HISTORY by Lucius Florus antique VELLUM: Lucius Annaeus Florus. L. Annaei Flori Epitome Rerum Romanarum Lugduni Batavorum, 1744 (60), 858, Index (39) pp. Size 5 1/2 by 8 1/4" bound in original vellum. With fold-out map of Roman Empire Very g

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1734 ROMAN HISTORY ARMORIAL VELLUM antique LIVES of EMPERORS NEPOS illustrated: Nepos, C. C. Vitae excellentium imperatorum. Ed. J. Gebhardus, H. Ernstius and J.A. Bosius. Leyden, S. Luchtmans, 1734 (30),765,(181)p. 12 illustrations (mainly portraits) Lacks the engraved titlepiec

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1632 BOSPHORUS HISTORY antique vellum BYZANTIUM OTTOMAN TURKEY CONSTANTINOPLE

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De Bosporo Thracio lib. III.
Leiden, apud Elzevirios ; 1632
Size 2.5 by 4.5"
379+ [5] pp, engraved title page (abduction of Europe and view of the Bosporus), by C.C. Duysend.
Original vellum binding, spine with manuscript title in bold letters, red edges, lacks ties
very good condition
Historical work on the Bosphorus by the French natural historian Gilles (1490-1555).
Ref. Willems 366

Gilles' De Bosporo Thracio is among the earliest works to describe Constantinople and the Thracian Bosphorus.
It provided authentic and reliable sources of information for early travellers.
Gilles accompanied d'Aramon's embassy to the Porte in 1547; he was charged with searching for Greek manuscripts and antiquities on behalf of Francis I. During his travels he met André Thevet and they toured Asia Minor together.

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1632 BOSPHORUS HISTORY antique vellum BYZANTIUM OTTOMAN TURKEY CONSTANTINOPLE

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