150 - [Turkey]. BIZZARRI, Pietro. BELLEFOREST, Fr. de (trans.)

[Turkey]. BIZZARRI, Pietro. BELLEFOREST, Fr. de (trans.) History of the War Between the Venetians and the Holy League Against the Turks for the Island of Cyprus in the Years 1570, 1571, 1572. Paris: Nicolas Chesneau, 1573. In-12, (24) ff., 286 pp. Slightly later marbled fawn calf, decorated ribbed spine, title label, gilded floral medallions, blind-stamped border on the covers, red edges (upper edge split and lower edge rubbed, cap ends missing, slight rubbing, slight oxidation of the paper, and a few spots). A very rare French edition. Translated by François de Belleforest. The original Latin edition appeared in Basel the same year in a collection that included another text by Bizzari as well as Antoine Geuffroy’s *Aulae Turcicae*, but it is less sought after. One of the principal contemporary sources on the Ottoman conquest of Cyprus (1570–1571) and on the conflict between Venice and the Ottoman Empire. Born in Sassoferrato, Pietro Bizzari was a leading figure in 16th-century humanist historiography; he wrote his account based on unpublished documents and firsthand information. The map listed on the title page is missing; however, according to Blackmer, it was never published. Only 2 copies in the CCFr (BnF). “Rarer and more sought-after than the original Latin edition published in Basel.” Blackmer, 30. Atabey, 110–111.