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BOISSARD, JEAN-JACQUES. Vitae et icones Sultanorum Turcicorum, principum Persarum aliorumq[ue] illustrium heroum heroinarumq[ue] ab Osmane usq[ue] ad Mahometem II. 47 full-page engraved portraits with varying ornamental borders. [10], 356 [i. e., 353], [5] pages, including engraved title with portrait of Boissard on verso * BRY, THEODORE DE. Pannoniae historia chronologica. 11 full-page engraved portraits and 3 battle scenes in text; double-page folding map of Hungary and Transylvania. [6] (of [14]), 34, [18], 67-192, [3] pages; lacks title and next 3 preliminary leaves. Together, 2 volumes in one. 4to, old vellum, worn, missing top portion of spine, book block loose in binding; contents heavily browned, opening leaves of first work have dark stain in outer margin and chipping along fore edge, repaired holes in a few leaves in second work causing some text loss. Frankfurt am Main: Theodore de Bry, 1596; Johannes Kolitius for Johann Theodore & Johann Israel de Bry, 1596
first editions of a collection of portraits and short biographies of Ottoman, Persian, and Near Eastern rulers and notables, and a collection of texts relating to the history of Hungary and Transylvania. Adams A2345, A2330; Apponyi 1923, 1925; Blackmer Sale 33 (first work only); Tchemerzine (1977) I, 816; VD16 B6462, L2459 (under Lonicerus, calling for 7 unnumbered leaves at end). Adams and Tchemerzine both describe a 229-page 1596 edition of the second work; VD16 describes only an edition of 192 pages, as here, but calls for 7 unnumbered leaves at the end.
