68 - Bremundan Francisco: “Floro Historico de la Guerra Sagrada contra Turcos quarta parte que contiene los sucessos del anno 1687”. Barcelona, 1688

Bremundan Francisco: “Floro Historico de la Guerra Sagrada contra Turcos quarta parte que contiene los sucessos del anno 1687”. Barcelona, 1688 First edition, proof copy (without the final numbers on pages). In 4to contemporary vellum soiled, edges slightly trimmed, some light marginal inoffensive water stain, internally clean and bright, 254p., complete the volume, overall in very good condition. Francisco Fabro Bremundan (1621-1698) was a 17th century Spanish journalist who covered during the 1680s the war in Greece and the Levant between the Christian League and the Ottomans. The dispatches of the events were separately published in Spanish contemporary newspapers, published every week, in long stories and collected and published after, every year, separately in an independent volume covering the news of the previous year. Titled very characteristically Floro Historico (Flora of History-Χλωρίδα Ιστορίας) is not a history but something much more rare, a primitive journalism, a kind of gathering of first hand material to be used in history, as it includes letters, reports, first hand accounts from the front etc. The book is full with original contemporary descriptions from eyewitnesses, as Venetian and Austrian armies were full with Spanish mercenary officers. This volume deals with the events of 1687 and was published in October 1688. The year 1687 was the most important year of the war of 1683-1699. Austrians completely liberated Hungary and Venetians liberated the whole of Morea, occupied Athens and destroyed Parthenon during the bombardment of the Acropolis. The first 100 pages of the book covers the events in Hungary, after Bremundan covers the events in Morea and Athens. There is a day to day description of events in Greece during 1687, including amazing rare descriptions of the contemporary operations in Athens, a unique account with meticulous details for the country, the military confrontations, the movements of fleets in the Archipelago etc.. A very particular and very precious account, a primary source. Not in Atabey, Blacker or any other known collection. A unique Spanish source for Greece.