Sagredo Giovanni, “Memorias Historicas de los Monarcas Othomanos”, Madrid, Imp. Juan García Infanzon, 1684. Folio (29x20cm), pp.[10],552,[8]. Complete. First edition in Spanish, translated from the original in Italian Tuscan dialect published in 1673. Giovanni Sagredo (1616-1691), a Venetian historian, diplomat and friend of Morosini, conducted a very detailed and early history of the Ottoman Empire written in Tuscan dialect. His account is considered one of the first comprehensive histories of the Ottoman world, including long descriptions of Ottoman Empire’s multinational society, customs and people. Provenance: ex libris of Joaquin Xavier Baiona y Ezpeleta, governor of Navarra in the 18th century and member of a leading Spanish noble family. Contemporary Spanish full leather. A very good copy. Atabey 1079 (for the Italian edition)