L’ETAT MILITAIRE DE L’EMPIRE OTTOMAN
\nSES PROGRES ET SA DECADENCE <\/p>\n
LE COMTE DE MARSIGLI<\/p>\n
Amsterdam, 1732<\/p>\n
Important survey of the Ottoman Empire’s military administration<\/p>\n
Folio (260 x 392 mm). 2 parts in one vol. (2), IX-XVI, 151 (but: 153), (1) pp.
\n\uff084), 199, (1) pp. In Italian and French throughout. With 3 titles (French for pt.
\n1, Italian and French for pt. 2) printed in red and black with engraved
\nvignettes, 34 plates (several folding), 10 engravings in the text (all
\nnumbered 1-44 and 22 bis, nos. 2 and 3 on a single plate), and two large
\nmaps of the Ottoman Empire coloured in outline in a contemporary hand.
\nContemporary full calf with giltstamped label to gilt spine. Marbled
\nendpapers.
\nFirst edition ofthis early, finely produced classic, a survey of the Ottoman Empire and itsmilitary administration, finance, and commerce. “His important work on the military system of the Ottoman Empire concerns itself with its finances,
\nrevenues, commerce, etc. Marsigli gives an account of the different military
\nfunctions as well as a description of the different types of artillery, mines,
\nfireworks, etc.” (Blackmer). The work concludes with an invitation to the
\nChristian princes of Europe to reunite against an enemy who would not be
\nable to resist the combined disciplined forces at their command.Marsigli
\n\uff081658-1730)had accompanied Ciurani, the Venetian bailo, to
\nConstantinople in 1679, was captured during the Turkish-Hungarian
\ncampaigns of 1682-99 and was appointed by Emperor Leopold in 1699 to
\ndemarcate the frontiers between Turkey, the Venetian republic, and
\nHungary. The plates show plans of sieges, battle formations, organisation of
\ncamps, costumes, horses, weaponry and ordnance, equipment, ensigns, etc.
\nThis copy never was bound with the Italian title to the first part; the
\npreliminaries are complete thus, numbered IX-XVI.Variously browned.
\nEngraved armorial bookplate “Le Chevalier de la Cressonni\u00e8rie” on
\npastedown (rubbed and duststained). Inner hinges reinforced with cloth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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