Histoire des Uscoques.

8vo: [14]-385-[18] pp. (some min. browning).

Contemp. calf (corners sl. rubbed), gilt orn. spine with 5 raised bands (sm. def. at tail).

First separate French edition translated from the Italian by Amelot de La Houssaye (1634-1706) of the "Historia degli Uscochi" (1603) by Minucci (1551-1604) and continued (part 2 and 3) by Sarpi (1552-1623). Minucci, Italian prelate and advisor to the Duke of Bavaria, became secretary to Pope Innocent IX and later to Clement VIII. It was the latter who named Minucci in 1596 Archbishop of Zara in Dalmatia (today Zadar in Croatia). The Republic of Venice gave him the role of negociating peace with the Uskoks - irregular soldiers and adventurers who lived from brigandage and inhabited areas on the eastern Adriatic coast and surrounding territories. It is in this narrative that Minucci tells the history of these famous pirates.
Ref. Barbier II:772:a. - Atabey 819. - BnF. - Not in Blackmer.