Leopold von RANKE
Histoire des Osmanlis et de la monarchie espagnole pendant les XVIe et XVIIe siècles; traduites de l'allemand … et accompagnée de notes, par J.-B. Haiber[History of the Ottomans and of the Spanish Monarchy during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries; translated from the German … and accompanied by notes by J.-B. Haiber]
Debécourt|Paris 1839|13 x 21 cm|Relié
First edition of the French translation of the first part (Die Osmanen und die spanische Monarchie im XVI. und XVII. Jahrhundert) of the monumental work by the Prussian historian Leopold Ranke (1795-1886), professor at the University of Berlin: Fürsten und Völker von Süd-Europa im XVI. und XVII. Jahrhundert, Berlin, 1837.
Cf. Hage-Chahine 3920. Schefer 2617. Bourquelot VI 124.
Contemporary half havana calf, smooth spine ruled in gilt and black, a few rubs to the spine, a small chip at the headcap, marbled paper boards, paste-paper endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
€700