1676 HISTORY of TURKS 2 vols antique ILLUSTRATED 21 PORTRAITS of TURKISH SULTANS

Abregé de l'Histoire des Turcs.

Contenant tout ce qui s'est passé de plus remarquable sous le regne de vingt-trois Empereurs


by Gilbert Saulnier du Verdier


Paris, Theodore Girard, 1676

Vol. I and II (of 3)

(912), 544, (20); (4), 635, (27) pp

Original calf, spine with raised bands, richly gilt.

Binding worn, very good interior, the endpaper of the third part loose, minor foxing


Illustrated with two  frontispieces and 21 Sultan's portraits

Part 1 opens with the rise of the early Ottoman sultans and the aggressive expansion of their empire, with a strong emphasis on the shocking fall of Constantinople in 1453 and the subsequent military threat to Christian Europe.
Part 3 shifts the focus to the early and mid-17th century, in which internal decadence, harem intrigues and bloody palace revolutions within the court in Istanbul are central, interspersed with descriptions of renewed military confrontations and diplomatic relations with European powers up to the reign of the 23rd sultan.

Size 4 by 6 1/3 inches

text in French
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