Lot 212
  • 212

Valiero, Andrea.

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • Historia della guerra di Candia. Venice: Paolo Baglioni, 1679
first edition, 4to (275 x 19mm.), engraved arms on title, errata leaf at end, modern half vellum, uncut

Provenance

Convent of St. Stephen, Venice, old ownership inscription at foot of title-page

Literature

Blackmer 1710; Contominas 760; Atabey 1268

Catalogue Note

An account of the Turkish-Venetian wars in Crete from 1644 to 1669, in which Valiero took part in a sea battle off the Dardanelles against the Turks in 1646. He was elected Provveditore Generale of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cefalonia in 1667.