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THEOPHYLACTUS Simocatta

Historiae Mauricii Tiberii Imp. lib. VIII. Item Georgii Phranzae [...] de ultimis Orientalis Imperii temporibus, de Sultanorum Osmanidarum origine, successione, rebus gestis, usque ad Mahometem II. de rebus denique Peloponnesiacis ante & post captam Const

Ingolstadt
Adam Sartorius
1604

€300 - €500

4to: 2 parts, [8]-484-[26, 2 bl.], [2]-331-[25] pp. Woodcut Jesuit device on title. (occasional faint dampstaining, worming in blank inner margin of final ff.). Contemp. blind-stamped pigskin over wood, bevelled edges (motto: Also hat Got die Welt geliebt...), covers with panel stamp and ornamental rolls, spine with 4 raised bands titled in ink, metal clasps and catches (lower board rubbed). Excellent well-preserved copy

Scholarly Latin ed. by the Bohemian Jesuit Pontanus (1542-1626) of Theophylactus' (fl. 640) history of the war of Emperor Mauricius (582-602) with the Persians and the Turks. This ed. also includes Phranzes' history of the Ottoman sultans, first edited here in Latin (the original Greek text was only publ. in 1796). Ref. VD17 23:230235Q. - DBS VI:1014. Prov. Contemp. ownership entry on title

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