![Ottoman Empire
[DU VERDIER (Gilbert Saulnier)]
Abbrégé de l'histoire des Turcs, contenant...](https://cdn.drouot.com/d/image/lot?size=phare&path=355/161039/4562d47e59a5243ad6024ce394212fa9)
Lot n° 457
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Ottoman Empire - Lot 457
Ottoman Empire
[DU VERDIER (Gilbert Saulnier)]
Abbrégé de l'histoire des Turcs, contenant tout ce qui s'est passé de plus remarquable sous le règne de vingt-trois Empereurs. Paris, Pepingué, 1653.
2 volumes small in-12 : 8f., 693pp. / 6f., 713pp., (1) ; 2 engraved frontispieces.
Antique stiff vellum, handwritten title on spine, red edges.
First edition of this rare and important history of the 17th-century Ottoman Empire by Gilbert Verdier.
Collection of short biographical sketches of notable sultans and viziers, and of the most emblematic Ottoman figures such as Osman I, Bayezid II, Mahomet III and Ahmed I. Also includes descriptions of Ottoman hussars, infantry and military officers, as well as religious figures and traditions.
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