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Lot 00048 |

Leonhard Loschge: Chronick /Das ist / Curiöse und dabey kurtz-gefaste Beschreibung alles des jenigen / was sich im Ersten grausamen Kriegs-Zug der Türcken / wider das Königreich Hungarn und derselben Könige / biß auff gegenwärtiges 1683. Jahr Merck- und Denckwürdiges zugetragen: Dabey auch ausführlich gemeldet wird / was sich jüngst vor- in- und nach der entsetzlichen Türckischen Belagerung Der Stadt WIEN /Sonderlich den höchst-glücklichen Entsatz derselben / durch die Käysl. Kön. Polnische / Chur-Bayerische / Chur-Sächsische / Fränckische und andere Reichs-Völcker betreffend / ereignet.Dem Geschicht-liebenden Leser zu Gefallen in einen kurtzen Begriff zusammen gezogen / in dieser andern Edition umb ein merckliches vermehret / und mit notablen Kupffern / darunter unterschiedliche rare Münzen / wie auch die Wappen der Generalität / sowol über die Cavallerie als Infanterie begriffen / zum Druck befördert / und mit einem curiofen Anhang von Eroberung der Insel SANTA MAURA durch die Venetianer / versehen. Nürnberg / 1685. First and only edition, in 8vo, early 19th century cloth over boards,few wear at covers, text mostly clean and bright, title cut short and with light damage, some edges of pages restored,few pages with marginal loss of some letters, title in red and black 864p. and 15 copper engraved plates, most folded, some with loss of image, overall in good condition. The account has been published in a moment of extreme Christian optimism during the Turkish war, the Ottomans have been crushed for the first time,Hungary was on the way to be liberated and the Venetians started also the liberation of Greece. It is a dense historical narrative which provides to the reader a detailed information about the past and present situation of the Balkans. First part of the book present general information about the Levant and the Ottomans.Second part is a meticulous description of the military campaigns including a wealth of additional information for the plates. It covers in astonishing details the Venetian campaign of 1684 in western Greece. Taking profit from the general collapse of the Ottomans, the Venetians took several cities in western Greece (Igoumenitsa, Vonitsa, Parga) with their biggest success the surrender of Lefkada (Santa Maura) after two centuries of Ottoman rule. They pushed further with the occupation of a wide area in Akarnania and Epirus as well Nafpaktos. Very scarce account




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