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[PIE II - ISLAM]. Pius papa secundus eloquentissimus qui obiit // Anno. M. cccc. lxiiii. in. Anchona. dum proficisci // proposuerit contra turcos composuit. &c. S.l.n.d. [Cologne, Ulrich Zell, circa 1463/1464]. Petit in-8° (140 x 209 mm), vélin ivoire à petits recouvrements, tranches dorées et ciselées et peintes (reliure pastiche). [54] ff. non signés, le premier blanc. 27 ou 28 lignes à la page. Pie II (1405-1464), de son vrai nom Enea Silvio (ou Æneas Sylvius) Bartoloméo PICCOLOMINI, écrivit et promulga cette diplomatique « Lettre à Mahomet II » en 1462 dans le but de proposer au sultan qui venait de conquérir Constantinople de se convertir au christianisme en échange de la reconnaissance de son empire. Le texte contient aussi une longue critique théologique de l'islam. BEL EXEMPLAIRE AUX LETTRINES RUBRIQUÉES DE L'UN DES PREMIERS LIVRES IMPRIMÉS À COLOGNE PAR ULRICH ZELL († 1507), ELEVE DE GUTENBERG. Brunet, Suppl., I, 10 ; Pellechet, 110 ; Stillwell, 630.
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