MINADOI TH. "Historia de la Guerra fra Turchi et Persiani con una descrittione di tutte le cose pertinent alla religione, alle forze, al governo del regni", Venezia, 1588. Second enlarged edition. Fine rare contemporary full vellum. Complete in 383p. including the plate, title in facsimile, without the separately printed map (as usual). A fine and clean copy of an important 16th century work. Minadoi travelled in the East between 1577 and 1585 and his account, first printed in 1587, is based on his own detailed notes. He described vividly the Ottoman society and the Empire at the pick of its power. Religion, administration, institutions and the multinational Ottoman society are clearly described in the context of the war against the Persians. Atabey 816, Not in Blackmer