Lucini, Antonio Francesco
Disegni della guerra, assedio et assalti dati dall'armata Turchesa all'isola di Malta l'anno MDLXV, 1631. Bologna.
Entirely engraved work on the attack and siege of Malta.
First edition, a remarkable entirely engraved plate book of the siege and assault of Malta by the mighty Turkish forces in 1565, a significant event which, together with the Battle of Lepanto, stopped the Ottoman Empire´s expansion through the Mediterranean.
First edition, a remarkable entirely engraved plate book of the siege and assault of Malta by the mighty Turkish forces in 1565, a significant event which, together with the Battle of Lepanto, stopped the Ottoman Empire´s expansion through the Mediterranean.
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Folio oblong, (520 x 420 mm, platemark 440 x 350 mm). 16 engraved plates, comprising a title page, one plate with 56 portrait medallions, and 14 plates of the battles and siege. Fine 19th century green half morocco, spine lettered in gilt, minor wear to extremities. Small hole to title-page just touching one letter, laid down on heavy paper.
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