Persicarum rerum historia in XII. libros descripta, totius gentis initia, mores, instituta, et rerum domi forisque gestarum veram atque dilucidam enarrationem continens.

Folio: [12]-451-[24, 1 bl.] pp. (toned, some spotting and marg. dampstaining).

19th-c. half vellum, marbled paper on covers, spine on 6 raised bands (sl. rubbed, joints starting to split, corners bumped). Good copy.

1st ed. of an important Renaissance history of Persia from Antiquity till 1581 by the Protestant Italian scholar Pietro Bizzarri (1525-1586). On pp. 449-451 a list of Persian and Ottoman rulers. Woodcut mark on title. Woodcut arms of dedicatee (August, Elector of Saxony) on verso of title. Ref. BT 320. - Voet (Plantin Press) 727. - Ind. Aurel. 119.711. - Pettegree NB 5159. - Adams B-2088. - Not in Sorgeloos. Prov. “Lud. Charondae”, i.e. the French lawyer and author Louis Le Caron, 1536-1617 (old name on title).- Em. Mancel, i.e. [Gustave-]Émile Mancel (1831-1909), French naval historian, whose collection was sold in 1896 (lithograph armorial bookpl.). - Mod. names on endpapers.