di Cesare Campana. Printer's device on the title page. Woodcut initials, head pieces. Italic type. First edition of Campana's "Historical Compendium of... Show moredi Cesare Campana. Printer's device on the title page. Woodcut initials, head pieces. Italic type. First edition of Campana's "Historical Compendium of the Latest Wars between Christians and Turks and Persians". After a biographical overview of the ruling house of Ottoman Turkey (the folding plates offers a genealogical table of the ruling Ottoman dynasty from Soliman to Mehmed III). Camapna details the armed conflicts carried out in the course of the Ottoman-Safavid War (1577-90) between Safavid Persia under Mohammed Khodabanda (and later Abbas I) and the Ottoman Empire under Murad III. The Ottomans had started the war with the objective of conquering Azerbaijan and the Caucasus, and they effectively came to rule over those areas as far as the Caspian Sea. A peace of Istanbul was concluded in 1590, in which Persia confirmed these Ottoman conquests and promised to end Shiite propaganda in Ottoman territories and persecution of Sunnis in her own lands. The advent of the Ottoman-Safavid war temporarily deflected Ottoman interest from European affairs, where the Ottoman Empire had been active with the Franco-Ottoman alliance and the support of the Dutch Revolt, in an interesting episode of mutually-supportive relations between Islam and Protestantism. - The volume's second part is dedicated to the Turkish Wars in Hungary and Transylvania during the 1590s; the end is brought up by a chronicle of events in Turkish history from 1257 to 1596. - Inkstains to title page; faint waterstain throughout; occasional worming restored (no loss to text). Main Heritage Shelves General DB924 .C36 1597 Book Item-ID: i16817308 BIB-ID: 1507109 Show less
Geography, Geography--Early works to 1800, G1005 .P76 1574
già tradotta di greco in italiano da M. Giero Ruscelli ; & hora in questa nuoua editione da M. Gio. Malombra ricorretta, & purgata d'infiniti... Show moregià tradotta di greco in italiano da M. Giero Ruscelli ; & hora in questa nuoua editione da M. Gio. Malombra ricorretta, & purgata d'infiniti errori, come facilmente nella prefatione à lettori può ciascuno vedere ; con l'Espositioni del Ruscelli, particolari di luogo in luogo, & uniuersali, sopra tutto il libro, & sopra tutta la Geografia, o modo di fare la descrittione del mondo ; con vna copiosa tauola de'nomi antichi, dichiarati co'nomi moderni, dal Malombra riueduta, & ampliata ; et con un Discorso di M. Gioseppe Moleto, dotte si dichiarano tutti i termini appartenenti all Geografia ; accresciuto di nuouo del modo di fare i mappamondi, le balle, le tauole di Geografia, & di molte figure necessarie. Most of the maps are enlargements of J. Gestaldo's maps in the 1518 ed. Includes 65 maps on double leaves, with explanatory text on recto of first leaf. Includes indexes. Main Heritage Shelves General G1005 .P76 1574 Book Item-ID: i23164785 BIB-ID: 2451583 Show less
Di Paolo Rannusio Venetiano. Main Heritage Shelves General D164 .R36 1604 Book Item-ID: i2279363x BIB-ID: 1951325 Show moreDi Paolo Rannusio Venetiano. Main Heritage Shelves General D164 .R36 1604 Book Item-ID: i2279363x BIB-ID: 1951325 Show less
traduite de l'italien de Sagredo par monsieur Laurent. volume 2 and 3 bounded together Main Heritage Shelves General DR511 .S24 1730 Book vol. 2-3 Item... Show moretraduite de l'italien de Sagredo par monsieur Laurent. volume 2 and 3 bounded together Main Heritage Shelves General DR511 .S24 1730 Book vol. 2-3 Item-ID: i22426061 BIB-ID: 2397315 Show less
traduite de l'italien de Sagredo par monsieur Laurent. volume 2 and 3 bounded together Main Heritage Shelves General DR511 .S24 1730 Book vol. 1 Item-ID:... Show moretraduite de l'italien de Sagredo par monsieur Laurent. volume 2 and 3 bounded together Main Heritage Shelves General DR511 .S24 1730 Book vol. 1 Item-ID: i22425718 BIB-ID: 2397315 Show less
traduite de l'italien de Sagredo par monsieur Laurent. volume 2 and 3 bounded together Main Heritage Shelves General DR511 .S24 1730 Book vol. 6-7 Item... Show moretraduite de l'italien de Sagredo par monsieur Laurent. volume 2 and 3 bounded together Main Heritage Shelves General DR511 .S24 1730 Book vol. 6-7 Item-ID: i22426140 BIB-ID: 2397315 Show less
traduite de l'italien de Sagredo par monsieur Laurent. volume 2 and 3 bounded together Main Heritage Shelves General DR511 .S24 1730 Book vol. 5 Item-ID:... Show moretraduite de l'italien de Sagredo par monsieur Laurent. volume 2 and 3 bounded together Main Heritage Shelves General DR511 .S24 1730 Book vol. 5 Item-ID: i22426103 BIB-ID: 2397315 Show less
traduite de l'italien de Sagredo par monsieur Laurent. volume 2 and 3 bounded together Main Heritage Shelves General DR511 .S24 1730 Book vol. 4 Item-ID:... Show moretraduite de l'italien de Sagredo par monsieur Laurent. volume 2 and 3 bounded together Main Heritage Shelves General DR511 .S24 1730 Book vol. 4 Item-ID: i22426073 BIB-ID: 2397315 Show less
Voyages and travels, Description and travel, DS7 .V37 1655
wyt het Italiaens in Hoogh-duyts vertaelt, door Hieronimum Megiserium ... ; en wyt den selven nu eerst-mael in't Neder-duytsch gebraght, door F.S. S... Show morewyt het Italiaens in Hoogh-duyts vertaelt, door Hieronimum Megiserium ... ; en wyt den selven nu eerst-mael in't Neder-duytsch gebraght, door F.S. Signatures: A-S⁴ [$1-3 ( -A1, 2 signed)]. Title vignette. Added engraved t.p. Includes index. Main Heritage Display General DS7 .V37 1655 Book Item-ID: i15634838 BIB-ID: 2526833 Show less
volgarizzamento del Anicio Bonucci. "Statistica storica dei reggimenti spediti in Affrica dal 1830 in poi": v. 2, p.[357]-539. Main Heritage Shelves... Show morevolgarizzamento del Anicio Bonucci. "Statistica storica dei reggimenti spediti in Affrica dal 1830 in poi": v. 2, p.[357]-539. Main Heritage Shelves General DT284 .G35 1851 Book vol. 1 Item-ID: i10180400 BIB-ID: 1019676 "Biografia d'Abd-el-Kader": v. 2, p. [541]-564. Show less
volgarizzamento del Anicio Bonucci. "Statistica storica dei reggimenti spediti in Affrica dal 1830 in poi": v. 2, p.[357]-539. Main Heritage Shelves... Show morevolgarizzamento del Anicio Bonucci. "Statistica storica dei reggimenti spediti in Affrica dal 1830 in poi": v. 2, p.[357]-539. Main Heritage Shelves General DT284 .G35 1851 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i2023739x BIB-ID: 1019676 "Biografia d'Abd-el-Kader": v. 2, p. [541]-564. Show less
Description and travel--Early works to 1800, DT7 .L564 1556
Includes index. recently converted into a Latin loan. Performer Florian. Translation of: The Descriptive of Africa, first published Venice, 1550 in:... Show moreIncludes index. recently converted into a Latin loan. Performer Florian. Translation of: The Descriptive of Africa, first published Venice, 1550 in: Nauigation and Travel, volume 1, compiled by Giovanni Battista Ramusio. Show less
Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00066 Print Map Item-ID: i11401436 BIB-ID: 2762467 Show moreMain Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00066 Print Map Item-ID: i11401436 BIB-ID: 2762467 Show less
Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00066 Print Map Item-ID: i11401436 BIB-ID: 2762467 Show moreMain Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00066 Print Map Item-ID: i11401436 BIB-ID: 2762467 Show less
Main Heritage Display General HC.MAP.00054 Print Map Item-ID: i17065598 BIB-ID: 1525219 Copy at C.20.a.1. After fol. 214 new section, across sig. 45 v... Show moreMain Heritage Display General HC.MAP.00054 Print Map Item-ID: i17065598 BIB-ID: 1525219 Copy at C.20.a.1. After fol. 214 new section, across sig. 45 v and conjugate r. Uk Show less
Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00238 Print Map Item-ID: i23762007 BIB-ID: 2531959 Show moreMain Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00238 Print Map Item-ID: i23762007 BIB-ID: 2531959 Show less
Voyages and travels, Description and travel, DS7 .V37 1655
wyt het Italiaens in Hoogh-duyts vertaelt, door Hieronimum Megiserium ... ; en wyt den selven nu eerst-mael in't Neder-duytsch gebraght, door F.S. S... Show morewyt het Italiaens in Hoogh-duyts vertaelt, door Hieronimum Megiserium ... ; en wyt den selven nu eerst-mael in't Neder-duytsch gebraght, door F.S. Signatures: A-S⁴ [$1-3 ( -A1, 2 signed)]. Title vignette. Added engraved t.p. Includes index. Main Heritage Display General DS7 .V37 1655 Book Item-ID: i15634838 BIB-ID: 2526833 Show less
All' illmo. Sigr. il Sr. Marcho Fucharo Barone di Kirchberg e' d' Waisenhoren ; Giacomo di Castaldi Piamotese Cosmographo in Venetia. Second state Ma... Show moreAll' illmo. Sigr. il Sr. Marcho Fucharo Barone di Kirchberg e' d' Waisenhoren ; Giacomo di Castaldi Piamotese Cosmographo in Venetia. Second state Map of the Arabian Peninsula, northeast Africa and western Asia with relief shown pictorially. Description Rare Second State of the Most Important 16th Century Map of the Middle East, etc. Fine example of Giacomo Gastaldi's rare 2-sheet wall map of the Middle East, covering Egypt, the Holy Land, the Horn of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and extending east across the Arabian Sea to the west coast of India. Gastaldi's 2-sheet map of the region is generally considered to be the single most influential map of the region published in the 16th century. The map would later be directly copied by Abraham Ortelius, Cornelis De Jode and Gerard Mercator in their respective atlases and other maps. In describing the map, Taleghani, et al noted: "In this large-scale map there appeared for the first time much material which was to recur in all western maps for the next century and a half, (Tibbetts, 1978:20). Gastaldi's representation of the Gulf broke with the Ptolemaic model: no longer a rectangle, it acquires its form of a segment and begins to take on its true contours. Ortelius, Mercator and other Dutch geographers then based their depictions of the Gulf on Gastaldi. Suarez describes at length the sources and innovations used by Gastaldi for all of his Asian continental maps, but foremost the three-sectional maps "had a major influence on the work of Ortelius and de Jode... In their representation of the coastlines his maps are superior to all previous known maps of Asia, either drawn by hand or printed" (Schilder in The Map Collector no. 17, p. 7). Nordenskiöld notes: Finally, it must be remembered that Gastaldi, under the guidance of Ramusio, is supposed to have aided in repairing or repainting the famous wall-maps in Sala dello scudo in Venice . . . If such was the case, it may be considered probable that the monumental maps of Africa and Asia by Gastaldi have had some connection to [Gastaldi's map of Asia], that these copper-plate engravings are a reproduction of the originals of the wall maps in that form which was given them in the middle of the sixteenth century. State The present example is a rare variant edition, bearing the imprint of "Petri de Nobilibus Formis." Pietro de Nobilis was a successor of Lafreri in Rome after 1580. Also, above the scale of miles is a further imprint reading: "In Roma appresso Paulo de Graciam." Rarity The second state is extremely rare. Tooley located only a single example in the Beans collection (now sold). Stefano Bifolco, in his recent census for his upcoming book on Italian Printed Maps from the 16th Century locates only 2 examples, Malta National Library and Jerusalem National Library (ex-Laor). Condition Description 2-sheets joined. Reference Cartographie Historique du Golfe Persique, Taleghani, Couo and Bacque-Grammont, 2006, p 152. Tooley, Maps in Italian Atlases of the Sixteenth Century, #54. Giacomo Gastaldi Biography Giacomo Gastaldi (1500-1566) is considered the foremost Italian cartographer of the sixteenth century, alongside Paolo Forlani. His skills of compilation are comparable to those of Mercator and Ortelius, yet much less is known of his life than of his two contemporaries. Gastaldi was born in Villafranca, Piedmont, but had established himself in Venice by 1539. He originally worked as an engineer, but turned to mapmaking from the 1540s onward. It was in Venice where he made his reputation as an engraver, geographer, and cosmographer; for example, he was asked to fresco maps of Asia and Africa in the Palace of the Doge, or the Council of Ten, Venice’s governmental body. He also frequently consulted on projects for the Savi sopra la Laguna, drawing maps for this body which oversaw the regulation of fresh and salt water around Venice. His contemporaries also recognized his skill, as he was named cosmographer to the Republic of Venice, was a member of the Accademia Veneziana, and was a major source for other geographers and mapmakers including Camocio, Bertelli, Cock, Luchini, and Ortelius. He even had his own distinct style of copper engraving that made him a pioneer in his day and makes his works iconic today. Gastaldi enjoyed an especially productive relationship with Giovanni Battista Ramusio, Secretary of the Venetian Senate, who used Gastaldi's maps for his famous travel account collection, Navigationi et Viaggi. Gastaldi also tutored Ramusio's son in cosmography. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00894 Print Map Item-ID: i25704424 BIB-ID: 2727736 Show less
