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