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1092 - POSTEL (Guillaume). DE REPUBLICA, SEU MAGISTRATIBUS ATHENIENSIUM.
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POSTEL (Guillaume). DE REPUBLICA, SEU MAGISTRATIBUS ATHENIENSIUM. Leiden, J. Maire, 1645. In-16, [16] pages, ranging from 5 to 368 pages, stiff vellum, red edges (contemporary binding). Edition prepared by Johannes Balesdens and first published in 1551. Francis I sent Postel to Constantinople and the Near East on a diplomatic mission, but also to search for manuscripts there. Upon his return to Paris, he became a professor at the Collège de France in 1539; he was later deemed insane and spent the last years of his life in a monastery. Contains handwritten annotations from the period; the blank leaf (239) is missing; an engraved portrait of Postel appears opposite the title page. A fine copy.
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