De Turcarum moribus epitome Ex variis aditionibus adauctii opus, & lingua Turcice principiis locupletatum

1566 Ottoman TURKISH Ceremonies & Music Croatian Peregrine SLAVE Guyrgieuvits

Barol Guyrgieuvits was a 16th-century Croatian historian who is primarily remembered for his written histories of Croatian music and ceremonial arts. Gyurgieuvits lived as an Ottoman slave for 13 years, a period which allowed him to gain substantial understanding of the culture. In his book 'De Turcarum ritu et caeremonis', Gyurgieuvits describes Ottoman customs and culture and is known to be one of the first books to describe the music of Turkish ceremonies. First published in 1544, this book included a Croatian vocabulary dictionary with French and Latin translations.

This 1566 edition was published in Paris is exceptionally rare.

Item number: #25492

Price: $2500

GEORGIJEVIC, Bartolomei

De Turcarum moribus epitome Ex variis aditionibus adauctii opus, & lingua Turcice principiis locupletatum

Parisiis: apud H. de Marnef & G. Cauellat, 1566.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages

o 170, [6]

o 6 woodcuts

· References: USTC 158104

· Language: Latin / Croatian / French

· Binding: Leather; tight and secure

· Size: ~4.75in X 3in (12cm x 7.5cm)

· Exceedingly rare and desirable with the last example having sold for over $2,000 at Christie's in 1999! (roughly $4,000 in today's money)

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