GHIRON FRANCESCO VILLA: HISTOIRE DES VOYAGES DE MONSIEUR VILLE EN LEVANT ET DU SIEGE DE CANDIE. PARIS 1669 First edition,in 12mo,contemporary full leather rebaked,text clean with some minor spotting in few pages,complete [10], 276p.,overall in very good condition. Ghiron Villa was a prominent military commander from the Duchy of Savoy,he was sent by the Duc to assist the Venetians in the Aegean,he served as commander of the Venetian land forces during the last phase of the Cretan war. The book is based on the memoirs of Villa kept by his secretary Rostagno.Villa travelled in several places around the south Aegean for military purposes the years 1666-1668. He died from wounds before the fall of Candia.