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Charrière, Ernest.
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2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Description
- Négociations de la France dans le Levant ou correspondances, mémoires et actes diplomatiques des ambassadeurs de France à Constantinople et des ambassadeurs, envoyés ou résidents... à Venise, Raguse, Rome, Malte et Jérusalem en Turquie, Perse, Géorgie, Crimée, Syrie, Egypte, etc. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1848-1860
- paper
4 volumes, 4to (267 x 200mm.), modern green half calf, spines gilt, [not in Atabey or Blackmer], text rather spotted, minor dampstain to upper outer corner of some leaves, some light browning
Catalogue Note
This monumental work of over 3000 pages recording, in particular, Turkish affairs, includes the siege of Rhodes (1521-24), early French contacts with the Porte (1525-28), the establishment of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in Malta, the Turks in Naples (1536-38), Turkish-Venetian relations, the war between the Turks and Persia (1549-1558), the siege of Malta by the Turks (1563-66), the acquisition of Cyprus from the Venetians by the Turks (1570), and much else.