Türckische Historien. Von der Türcken Ankunfft, Regierung, Königen und Keysern, Kriegen, Schlachten, Victorien und Sigen, wider Christen und Heiden. Parts 1 and 2 translated from Italian by Heinrich Müller. Frankfurt: Georg Rabe and the heirs of Weygand Han, 1563-5. 3 parts in 1 volume. Title in red and black, the first part with woodcut medallion portraits of Turkish sultans, decorative woodcut initials. (Some browning throughout.) Not in Adams or BL STC German. [Bound with:] Siegmund von HERBERSTEIN. Moscoviter wunderbare Historien. Translated from the Latin by Heinrich Pantaleon. Basel: the heirs of Nikolaus Brillinger and Marx Russinger, 1567. Title with woodcut device, full-page woodcut of the "Moscoviten Großfürst" on verso, 3 double-page woodcut maps of Moscow and the surrounding country, 2 full-page woodcuts of species of cattle, 3 pages of woodcuts showing mounted archers, Muscovites in sledges, and Muscovite saddlery and arms. (Tear to lower margin of i3, affecting 6 lines of text without loss, light marginal spotting.) BL STC German p. 397. 2 works in 1 volume, 2° (315 x 190mm). Contemporary pigskin over wooden boards, covers tooled in blind with a roll of the early Protestant reformers, amidst foliate roll-tooled borders (front joint cracked, lightly rubbed, lacking clasps). Provenance: Maximilian, Abbot of Lambach (armorial bookplate); unidentified stamp on title. -- [Georgius de HUNGARIA.] Cronica, Abconterfayung und entwerffung der Türckey. Translated by Sebastian Franck. Augsburg: Heinrich Steiner, 1530. 4° (195 x 143mm). Title with woodcut illustration, 9 woodcut illustrations in the text, decorative woodcut initials. (Final leaf torn with loss at upper outer corner, and repaired, occasional soiling, mainly marginal.) Later paper-covered boards (lightly rubbed and soiled). Provenance: J. H. Anderhub (bookplate dated 1937). BL STC German p. 874. (2)

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Türckische Historien. Von der Türcken Ankunfft, Regierung, Königen und Keysern, Kriegen, Schlachten, Victorien und Sigen, wider Christen und Heiden. Parts 1 and 2 translated from Italian by Heinrich Müller. Frankfurt: Georg Rabe and the heirs of Weygand Han, 1563-5. 3 parts in 1 volume. Title in red and black, the first part with woodcut medallion portraits of Turkish sultans, decorative woodcut initials. (Some browning throughout.) Not in Adams or BL STC German. [Bound with:] Siegmund von HERBERSTEIN. Moscoviter wunderbare Historien. Translated from the Latin by Heinrich Pantaleon. Basel: the heirs of Nikolaus Brillinger and Marx Russinger, 1567. Title with woodcut device, full-page woodcut of the "Moscoviten Großfürst" on verso, 3 double-page woodcut maps of Moscow and the surrounding country, 2 full-page woodcuts of species of cattle, 3 pages of woodcuts showing mounted archers, Muscovites in sledges, and Muscovite saddlery and arms. (Tear to lower margin of i3, affecting 6 lines of text without loss, light marginal spotting.) BL STC German p. 397. 2 works in 1 volume, 2° (315 x 190mm). Contemporary pigskin over wooden boards, covers tooled in blind with a roll of the early Protestant reformers, amidst foliate roll-tooled borders (front joint cracked, lightly rubbed, lacking clasps). Provenance: Maximilian, Abbot of Lambach (armorial bookplate); unidentified stamp on title. -- [Georgius de HUNGARIA.] Cronica, Abconterfayung und entwerffung der Türckey. Translated by Sebastian Franck. Augsburg: Heinrich Steiner, 1530. 4° (195 x 143mm). Title with woodcut illustration, 9 woodcut illustrations in the text, decorative woodcut initials. (Final leaf torn with loss at upper outer corner, and repaired, occasional soiling, mainly marginal.) Later paper-covered boards (lightly rubbed and soiled). Provenance: J. H. Anderhub (bookplate dated 1937). BL STC German p. 874. (2)

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