LEOPOLD von RANKE:OTTOMAN AND SPANISH EMPIRES IN THE SIXTEEN AND SEVENTEEN CENTURIES. PHILADELPHIA 1845 First edition in English, in 8vo, later leather over boards, complete 138p., text clean and bright, overall in very good condition. A scientific early dissertation. An analytical examination of the rapports and confrontation of the two empires in Mediterranean during 16th and 17th century. A lot of material regarding Greece and the Greeks of that time.Ranke (1795-1886) is the man who transformed History into a scientific discipline. This is a seminal work, among the very first which shed light on these centuries of Greek History.