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Title: 1583 TURKISH & ROMAN MILITARY antique ILLUSTRATED OTTOMAN EMPIRE vellum binding

Description: Discorso del S. Guglielmo Choul Centilhuomo Lionese, Consigliero del re, & Presidente Delle Montagne del Delfinato, Sopra a la Castrametatione, & Bagni Antichi de i Grecie, & Romani. Con l'Aggiunta della Figuar del Campo Romano. Et una Informatione della Militia Turchesca, & de gli Habiti de Soldati Turchi, Scritta da M. Francesco Sansouino Informatione Della Militia Turchesca, di M. Francesco Sansouino. A Gli Illustrissimi, et Eccellentissimi Signori, il S. Hieronimo Zane, Cavliere & Procuratore di S. Marco, Capitano Generale dell'armata, et il S. Sforza Pallavicino, Marchese di Corte Maggiore, Gouernator General dell'armi della Republica Venetiana
(Speech of Sir Guglielmo Choul, noble gentleman of Lyon, advisor to the king, and president of the mountains of Dauphiné on the encampment, and ancient baths of the Greeks and Romans...
And an information about the Turkish military, and the habits of Turkish soldiers, written by Mr. Francesco Sansouino...)
Altobello Salicato, Vinegia [Venice] ; 1582
by Guillaume du Choul
A scarce work on the Roman and Ottoman militaries, written by the antiquarian and historian Guillaume de Choul and Francesco Sansovino.
With a woodcut mark at the frontispiece (Minerva riding a wolf) and numerous illustrations in the text depicting uniforms and scenes of life of ancient Roman, Greek, and Turkish soldiers, the construction of the castrum, gladiators, scenes of war, baths and body care, and more.
Rare sixteenth-century specimen dedicated to the art of castrametation (the arrangement of military camps) according to the customs of the Greeks and Romans.
The work, written by the French antiquarian and humanist Guillaume du Choul (1496-1560), represents one of the most important military treatises of the 16th century, accompanied by detailed engravings that illustrate uniforms, armaments, and military techniques of antiquity, with an interesting addition on the Turkish militia by Francesco Sansovino.
Guillaume du Choul's work is considered one of the most authoritative sources on ancient military castrametation.
The text, based on classical authors such as Livy, Polybius, Caesar, and Appian, describes in detail the strategies of setting up camps and military life, focusing on gymnastic practices and baths, which are regarded as essential tools for the well-being and efficiency of soldiers.
Particularly interesting is the section added by Francesco Sansovino, which provides detailed information on the Turkish militia and the clothing of Ottoman soldiers, reflecting the growing European interest in the Ottoman Empire and its military techniques.
Size 4 by 5 3/4 inches
Original vellum binding , beautiful manuscript title to the spine
75, [2] lvs.
good condition, some occasional spots
Text in Italian

Guillaume du Choul (circa 1496 – November 4, 1560) was a French antiquarian, humanist, numismatist, and collector. Guillaume du Choul belonged to a family of men of law from Lyon. His father, who was a merchant, married Philiberte Sève on July 3, 1494, and died before November 17, 1497.
Around the year 1510, Guillaume studied law at the University of Valence, which owed its fame to the rector Philippe Décius. He was recognized as a doctor of law and then held the position of bailli of the Montagnes de Dauphiné from April 11, 1522, whose seat was nonetheless in Lyon.
The following year he was appointed master of the ordinary requests of the dolphin (October 25, 1523), but it seems that he never actually exercised this position. Before 1522 he married Claire Faure, from Valence, who gave him a son, Jean, and then remarried on April 22, 1532, in Paris, to Madeleine Allegrin, with whom he had a second son, Claude, and a daughter, Madeleine.
Guillaume du Choul was the cousin of the poet Maurice Sceve, who was a witness at his daughter's wedding on April 22, 1563. He was also related to the Sienese humanist Claudio Tolomei through the marriage of his cousin Sybille Sève. Du Choul's activity as a bailiff of the Montagnes is not well known. On the other hand, he is well documented as an antiquarian during the period 1536-1538 thanks to the testimony of scholars who followed the court of Lyon, and in the period 1546-1556 as evidenced by his works.
The tradition explains his calling as an antiquarian due to the location, since he resided at Gourguillon, a street on Fourvière, the hill dominating Lyon, considered rich in archaeological remains. Nothing allows for the verification of this intuition by Lyon's biographers, but it is noted that the first manifestation of his curiosity for antiquities occurred in Valence in 1516, and it can be assumed that the university environment was not unrelated to this interest. Furthermore, the extent of his network of correspondents in France and Italy allowed him to receive numerous pieces that the soil of his homeland undoubtedly could not provide.
Du Choul undoubtedly did not possess either statues or ancient inscriptions. His collections became famous from 1537, not only for the medal collection (one of the first to be documented in France) but also for the collections of images that, according to his contemporaries, brought ancient Rome back to life. Thus, the documentary interest of this collection is understood, which complemented a library where there were recent publications from Italian antiquarians.
According to a later testimony (1555), du Choul also owned rare shells and other objects bought at a high price, which shows that his collections took on the appearance of a cabinet of curiosities, a structure that generally became widespread in the 17th century.
The collection consisted of printed books, literary manuscripts (including a 15th-century Florentine Boccaccio), prints, drawings, coins, medals, and plaques, gems, and shells.

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1583 TURKISH & ROMAN MILITARY antique ILLUSTRATED OTTOMAN EMPIRE vellum binding

Name: 1583 TURKISH & ROMAN MILITARY antique ILLUSTRATED OTTOMAN EMPIRE vellum binding
SKU: 229779747
Price: 500 USD
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