Gottlieb Siegfried BAYER
Historia Osrhoena et Edessena ex numis illustrata. In qua, Edessae urbis, Osrhoëni regni, Abgarorum regum, praefectorum Graecorum, Arabum, Persarum, comitum Francorum, successiones, fata, res aliae memorabiles, a prima origine urbis ad extrema fere tempora explicantur[The History of Osroene and Edessena Enlightened from Coins]
Imprimerie de l'Académie|Saint Petersburg 1734|19.5 x 26.5 cm|Relié
Uncommon first edition, illustrated with historiated initials and 7 plates (see Brunet I, 710).
Not listed in Atabey, Blackmer or Hage Chahine.
Contemporary full marbled tan calf, spine with five raised bands richly gilt with floral motifs, joints and spine rubbed with traces of restoration, cherry morocco label, covers framed in triple blind fillet, margins of covers rubbed, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, red edges.
Joints rubbed, corners worn, some foxing.
Rare copy of this historical and numismatic monograph devoted to the small kingdom of Osroene (or Edessa), which long served as a buffer state between the Persian and Roman empires.
Born in Königsberg, Go
€1,000