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Knolles, Richard.
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1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description
- The Generall Historie of the Turkes, from the first beginning of that nation to the rising of the Othoman familie... with a new continuation [by Thomas Nabbes] from... 1629 unto the yeare 1638... fift[h] edition. [London], Adam Islip, 1638
Folio (336 x 220mm.), engraved title and 33 illustrations in text (32 portraits and one battle-scene), contemporary calf, [Blackmer 920; Cobham-Jeffery p.31; STC 15055; not in Atabey but cf. 1076], tear in p.1077 without loss, binding very slightly worn
Catalogue Note
A good copy of this encyclopaedic work of over 1500 pages. There are various contemporary or old signatures and scribbles on the endleaves, including "View well this booke and thou shalt finde/ Things worthy of a Noble minde".