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LAUDIVIO Epistole Thurci, [Lyon, Jean Marion impensis Romain Morin, 30 March, 1520]
4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
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LAUDIVIO
Epistole Thurci, title printed in red and black with woodcut border surround, 35 woodcuts (one full-page, some repeats), brown crushed morocco gilt by F. Bedford, sides with gilt and blind single line borders and floral cornerpieces, gilt tooled on spine, g.e. [Mortimer French 341], small 4to (134 x 194mm.), [Lyon, Jean Marion impensis Romain Morin, 30 March, 1520]
Footnotes
First edition printed in France of this series of letters supposedly written by Sultan Mahomet II of Turkey, but actually composed by Laudivius, a knight of Rhodes. The handsome woodcuts include martial and court scenes, views of libraries, and a musical scene, with a full-page image of the Garden of Eden on the final leaf.
Provenance: Early twentieth century French bookseller's catalogue description ("No.17. Laudivius") loosely inserted.





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