Djurdjevic Bartol (2 results)
More imagesPublished by printed by Leonard Streel for Lambert de la Coste,, Liège, 1600
Seller: Antiquariaat FORUM BV, Houten, NetherlandsAntiquariaat FORUM BV
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Add to basket2 parts in 1 volume. Rare edition, in French, of "one of the most frequently reprinted accounts of all Turkish life and customs" (Atabey). The first part details a pilgrimage from Paris to Jerusalem, the second is devoted to the Ottoman Empire. Bartolomej Djurdjevic (or Georgievitz, ca. 1506-1566) was captured at the battle of M…ohács (1526), Hungary, and spent 13 years in Turkish captivity. He describes the miseries of Christian slaves in the Ottoman Empire, as well as Turkish ceremonies, traditions, religion, agriculture, etc. It includes a Turkish-French vocabulary.The second part is mentioned on the title-page of the first part, but has its own title-page, pagination and signatures, so that it could also be sold separately. The two parts are rarely found together.l Atkinson 407; Tobler, p. 73; USTC 34773, 34774; cf. Atabey 488 (other ed.); not in Belg. Typ. 18th-century calf, gold-tooled spine with 19th-century gold-tooled morocco title label, gold-tooled turn-ins, curl-marbled endpapers. With 2 headpieces built up from cast fleurons and several initials. Pages: [32], [32] lvs.
More imagesPublished by printed by Leonard Streel for Lambert de la Coste,, Liège, 1600
Seller: ASHER Rare Books, t Goy Houten, NetherlandsASHER Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used
US$ 20,941.40
US$ 29.04 shippingShips from Netherlands to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basket2 parts in 1 volume. Rare edition, in French, of "one of the most frequently reprinted accounts of all Turkish life and customs" (Atabey). The first part details a pilgrimage from Paris to Jerusalem, the second is devoted to the Ottoman Empire. Bartolomej Djurdjevic (or Georgievitz, ca. 1506-1566) was captured at the battle of M…ohács (1526), Hungary, and spent 13 years in Turkish captivity. He describes the miseries of Christian slaves in the Ottoman Empire, as well as Turkish ceremonies, traditions, religion, agriculture, etc. It includes a Turkish-French vocabulary.The second part is mentioned on the title-page of the first part, but has its own title-page, pagination and signatures, so that it could also be sold separately. The two parts are rarely found together.l Atkinson 407; Tobler, p. 73; USTC 34773, 34774; cf. Atabey 488 (other ed.); not in Belg. Typ. 18th-century calf, gold-tooled spine with 19th-century gold-tooled morocco title label, gold-tooled turn-ins, curl-marbled endpapers. With 2 headpieces built up from cast fleurons and several initials. Pages: [32], [32] lvs.
