1691 HISTORY of GREAT TAMERLAN antique in FRENCH 17th CENTURY

Sieur de Sanctyon 

Histoire du grand Tamerlan

Lyon; 1691

Full brown calf binding in good condition. Spine with raised bands and title label, decorated in gilt.

 Red sprayed edges.

1 blank leaf, [6], 424 pp., 1 blank leaf

The "History of the Great Tamerlane" is a historical work attributed to Sieur de Sanctyon, published in the seventeenth century (with known editions around 1677) which tells the life and deeds of Timur, known in the West as Tamerlane.

Timur Barlas, (1336 – 1405), was a Mongol warlord and the first sovereign of the Timurid empire, founded and ruled by him from 1370 to 1405.

Beautiful frontispiece engraving.
Some toning. Marginal woodworm hole at the lower outer corner up to and including the frontispiece through p. 17. 

Very good copy, complete.

 Size 3 3/4 by 6 3/4"

Text in French
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