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Auction archive: Lot number 13

Prophecies on the Ottoman Empire

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US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 13

Prophecies on the Ottoman Empire

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Prophecies on the Ottoman Empire Ps.-Antonio Torquato, 1552 TORQUATO, Ps.-Antonio (15th century). Prognosticon de eversione Europae, & alia quaedam. Antwerp: Martinus Nutius, 1552. Unusual collection of works on the Ottoman Empire and Asia, second edition. The first treatise here is a popular prophecy attributed to the 15th-century astrologer Antonio Torquato (or Arquato) which predicted, among other things, the eventual fall of the Ottoman empire. The fact that this work is actually a contemporary forgery produced electrifyingly accurate predictions. The other works here include the famous letter of Prester John—the fabled king of a secret Christian kingdom in Western China—and two short texts on the Turks. Adams T-811; Göllner (Turcica) III:341. See Noel Malcolm, Useful Enemies: Islam and the Ottoman Empire in Western Political Thought (2019), pp. 71-73. Octavo (143 x 87mm). Woodcut device on title. 18th-century calf, with about 25 blank leaves bound at end (front board re-glued, chips to spine). Provenance: Wilbraham Family, Delamere House, Northwick, Cheshire (armorial bookplate). Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.

Auction archive: Lot number 13
Auction:
Datum:
18 Jun 2020
Auction house:
Christie's
Online | 2 - 18 June
Beschreibung:

Prophecies on the Ottoman Empire Ps.-Antonio Torquato, 1552 TORQUATO, Ps.-Antonio (15th century). Prognosticon de eversione Europae, & alia quaedam. Antwerp: Martinus Nutius, 1552. Unusual collection of works on the Ottoman Empire and Asia, second edition. The first treatise here is a popular prophecy attributed to the 15th-century astrologer Antonio Torquato (or Arquato) which predicted, among other things, the eventual fall of the Ottoman empire. The fact that this work is actually a contemporary forgery produced electrifyingly accurate predictions. The other works here include the famous letter of Prester John—the fabled king of a secret Christian kingdom in Western China—and two short texts on the Turks. Adams T-811; Göllner (Turcica) III:341. See Noel Malcolm, Useful Enemies: Islam and the Ottoman Empire in Western Political Thought (2019), pp. 71-73. Octavo (143 x 87mm). Woodcut device on title. 18th-century calf, with about 25 blank leaves bound at end (front board re-glued, chips to spine). Provenance: Wilbraham Family, Delamere House, Northwick, Cheshire (armorial bookplate). Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.

Auction archive: Lot number 13
Auction:
Datum:
18 Jun 2020
Auction house:
Christie's
Online | 2 - 18 June
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