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8°. Mit 57, teilweise wiederholten, Holzschnitten im Text und halbeitengrosser Druckermarke auf Titel. (4), 92, (12) Bll. Flexibler Pergamentband der Zeit (ohne Vorsätze, Deckel berieben). Erste Ausgabe. Der in Udine wirkende Arzt Marcantonio Luigini (auch Louisino oder Lovisino, 1533-1576) appelliert in seiner Vorrede an Kaiser Maximilian II. (1527-1576), den gefahrvollen Kampf mit der Mutter aller Bestien zur Rettung des Christentums aufzunehmen. Gerichtet ist die Schrift gegen das expandierende Osmanische Reich, das im Oktober desselben Jahres in der Schlacht von Lepanto eine Niederlage durch die von Don Juan de Austria (Ritter Johann von Österreich), Generalkapitän der Meere, befehligte Armada hinnehmen musste. "It is hardly surprising that constant mention is made of the Turkish empire and its threat, a threat which in October of the same year, was roundly beaten at the battle of Lepanto by Don John of Austria. The text is a mishmash of apocalyptic texts and their interpretation and is clearly influenced by Joachimite and similar texts (for the background see M. Reeves, The influence of prophecy in the later Middle Ages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969, passim). The illustrations, some repeated several times, include a small map of Constantinople and the Bosphorus" (Sotheby's cat. of 14 and 15 October 1999: The Library of Robert Michael Burrell Books on the Middle East, item no. 481). - Mit hs. Datum vom 12. August 1710 auf Unterrand des Titels, italienische Notiz auf Vorsatz. - Adams L-1539; BMC, STC Italian, 394; EDIT16 CNC 27062. First edition. The Udine born physician Marcantonio Luigini (also Louisino or Lovisino, 1533-1576), in his preface calls upon the emperor Maximilian II (1527-1576) 'to undertake the perilous conflict with the mother of all beasts for the salvation and foundation of the sacred christian religion against the roving philosophers, epicurean destroyers of divine providence, and against the heretic, enemies of the holy Roman church'. It is hardly surprising that constant mention is made of the Turkish empire and its threat, a threat which in October of the same year, was roundly beaten at the battle of Lepanto by Don John of Austria. The text is a mishmash of apocalyptic texts and their interpretation and is clearly influenced by Joachimite and similar texts (for the background see M. Reeves, The influence of prophecy in the later Middle Ages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969, passim). The illustrations, some repeated several times, include a small map of Constantinople and the Bosphorus (cf. auction catalogue Sotheby': The Library of Robert Michael Burrell Books on the Middle East, item no. 481, offered on 14 and 15 October 1999). Sprache: italienisch. Seller Inventory # 71359AB
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