I Turchi: Codex Vindobonensis 8626
Parma, Italy: Franco Maria Ricci Editore, 1971. Hardcover. Cardboard slipcase covered in black cloth; Black cloth over boards with color plate affixed to front cover; Gilt titling to spine and front cover; Illustrated endpapers; 200 pp.; 63 color plates tipped in. VG (Light sunning to spine; Some plates slightly discolored at edges; scuffing to slipcase; but generally a very good copy). Item #121614
Text in Italian; Introduction by Franz Unterkircher; A collection of writings about the Turks and Turkey, including pieces by Pietro della Valle, Giuseppe Gorani, Giovanni Battista Casti, Carlo Porta, Gerard de Nerval, Antonio Stoppani, Pierre Loti, Maurice Barres, and others active in the last four centuries. Accompanies a set of plates commissioned by von Pezzen, an ambassdor to Constantinople from 1586 to 1591; The plates and writings depict scenes of life in Istanbul, long a source of curiosity to Europeans. Beautiful, vivid color plates.
Price: $600.00