[TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION]. KNOLLES, Richard. The Generall Historie of the Turkes. London: Adam Islip, 1621. Third edition of "the greatest of English works of the Renaissance dealing with Turkey" (Chew, p. 111).
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May 3, 2022
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Lot Description
[TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION]. KNOLLES, Richard (1550-1610). The Generall Historie of the Turkes from the first beginning of that nation to the rising of the Othoman Familie. London: Adam Islip, 1621.
2 volumes, 4to (304 x 202 mm). Engraved title by Laurence Johnson; 28 engraved portraits by Johnson in text, engraved illustration of the bridge over the Danube on 4Y4 verso. (Engraved title fully backed with minor losses, several lower margins trimmed away, blank slips affixed to a few leaves concealing text and marginal annotations, lacking A1 blank, trimmed affecting a few shoulder notes, some staining and browning.) Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards (worn). Provenance: early in-text annotations; William Carr (bookplate and signature).
Third edition of "the greatest of English works of the Renaissance dealing with Turkey" (Chew, The Crescent and the Rose, 1937, p. 111). The work features re-engraved versions of the portraits of the Sultans from Boissard's Vitae et icones Sultanorum (Frankfurt, 1596) Knolles' history was described by Samuel Johnson as "a wonderful multiplicity of events...artfully arranged" (Rambler no.122). See Blackmer 919 (the first edition of 1603); ESTC S112918.
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