OSMANLI HAKKINDA KİTAPLAR

L’HISTOIRE DE LA DECADENCE DE L’EMPIRE GREC,
ET ESTABLISSEMENT DE CELUY DES TURCS…
avec la Continuation de la mesme Histoire depuis la Ruine du Péloponnèse iusques a l’an 1612.

CHALCONDYLAS, Laonicus (c. 1423-90) / ARTUS, Thomas

Paris, 1632

with 62 engraved costume plates by Nicolay and dozens of other portraits and full-page plates, as well as a double-page spread of the Ottoman Army in battle and a folding plate of Constantinople.

Chronicle of the early history of the Ottoman empire;one of several editions
printed in the same year. First published in its French translation in 1577,this
work by the Byzantine historian Chalkokondyles (c. 1423-90) was republished
frequently throughout the 17th century,always including the account of
Ottoman costumes and an interpretation of the seventeen enigmatic
illustrations of Byzantine prophecies foretelling the downfall of the Ottoman
Empire. The folding plate depicts a bird’s-eye view of Constantinople with its
prominent buildings. The chronicle itself is illustrated by numerous portraits of
rulers.The costume plates were originally designed for the travel account of
Nicolas de Nicolay (1517-83), first published in 1567,who
had visited the Ottoman court as a diplomat in the services of King Henry ll.

Laonicus Chalcondylas (ca. 1423-1490)was a Byzantine scholar resident in Athens.He composed his definitive history shortly after the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in 1453-an event he compared in significance to the Fall of Troy to the Greeks.