Venetian-Turkish War.- Coronelli (Vincenzo Maria) Conquiste della Ser. Republica di Venezia...contro Meemet IV Imper. de Turchi, first edition, engraved half-title, engraved title(trimmed to lower edge of plate-mark), 4 engraved subtitles, 28 double-page plates (of 29, lacking final plate Canale di Cattaro), 8 engraved vignettes in text, water-staining, contemporary ink inscription at head of half-title, front free endpaper with contemporary ink index of measurements and distances from Vincenzo Scamozza, contemporary vellum, rubbed, short tear in spine, [Atabey 285], folio, Venice, 1686. ⁂ Scarce first work by Coronelli "on the war between the Turks and the Holy League of Austria, Venice and Poland in 1684." (Atabey). There is some discrepancy in plate count of various known copies, but this copy lacks the final one called for by Atabey ("the most complete seen to date").
Venetian-Turkish War.- Coronelli (Vincenzo Maria) Conquiste della Ser. Republica di Venezia...contro Meemet IV Imper. de Turchi, first edition, engraved half-title, engraved title(trimmed to lower edge of plate-mark), 4 engraved subtitles, 28 double-page plates (of 29, lacking final plate Canale di Cattaro), 8 engraved vignettes in text, water-staining, contemporary ink inscription at head of half-title, front free endpaper with contemporary ink index of measurements and distances from Vincenzo Scamozza, contemporary vellum, rubbed, short tear in spine, [Atabey 285], folio, Venice, 1686. ⁂ Scarce first work by Coronelli "on the war between the Turks and the Holy League of Austria, Venice and Poland in 1684." (Atabey). There is some discrepancy in plate count of various known copies, but this copy lacks the final one called for by Atabey ("the most complete seen to date").
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