Martini´s Bellum Tartaricum London 1654
| Klubbat belopp | 8500 SEK |
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| Utropspris | 4 000-5 000 SEK |
MARTINI, MARTIN. Bellum Tartaricum, or the Conquest of the Great and most renowned Empire of China, by the Invasion of the Tartars , who in the last seven Years, have wholy subdued that vast Empire... London (printed for John Crook) 1654.
Small 8:o (about 139x88 mm.). (6), 1-240 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait, engraved folding map ("Situs provinciarium imperii Sinici M.DC.LIV").
Later (early 20th century) full mottled calf, gilt borders, gilt inner borders and edges of covers, richly gilt spine in six compartments, gilt edges (signed Riviere & Son on first endpaper).
Löwendahl: China illustata nova. Supplement, 1564.
First English edition of De bello tartarico historia (1654).
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
