Lot 153
Marsigli (Count Luigi Ferdinando) L'Etat Militaire de l'Empire Ottoman, ses Progrès et sa Décadence, 2 parts bound as 1, first edition, The Hague & Amsterdam, 1732
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000
Description
Marsigli (Count Luigi Ferdinando) L'Etat Militaire de l'Empire Ottoman, ses Progrès et sa Décadence, 2 parts bound as 1, first edition, text in Italian and French, titles in red and black, 2 folding engraved maps, of which one hand-coloured and one coloured in outline, 34 engraved plates, of which 6 folding, 10 engraved illustrations, engraved initials, head- and tail-pieces, 3 folding tables, A1 misbound before **1, ex-Ricardo A. Caminos library with neat ink-stamp to A1, faint water-staining to fore-edges, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Atabey 776; Blackmer 1084], folio, The Hague & Amsterdam, 1732.
⁂ Marsigli spent several stints travelling in the Ottoman Empire in the late seventeenth century, This "important work on the military system of the Ottoman Empire concerns itself with its finances, revenues, commerce etc." (Blackmer)
Description
Marsigli (Count Luigi Ferdinando) L'Etat Militaire de l'Empire Ottoman, ses Progrès et sa Décadence, 2 parts bound as 1, first edition, text in Italian and French, titles in red and black, 2 folding engraved maps, of which one hand-coloured and one coloured in outline, 34 engraved plates, of which 6 folding, 10 engraved illustrations, engraved initials, head- and tail-pieces, 3 folding tables, A1 misbound before **1, ex-Ricardo A. Caminos library with neat ink-stamp to A1, faint water-staining to fore-edges, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Atabey 776; Blackmer 1084], folio, The Hague & Amsterdam, 1732.
⁂ Marsigli spent several stints travelling in the Ottoman Empire in the late seventeenth century, This "important work on the military system of the Ottoman Empire concerns itself with its finances, revenues, commerce etc." (Blackmer)