Fontana F.: “I pregi della Toscana nell imprese piu signalate de Cavalieri di San Stefano ottera data in luce da Fulvio Fontana.” Firenze 1701 First and only edition. Folio 36x25cm, full contemporary vellum slightly rubbed, manuscript title on spine, 260p.,22p., 37 full page copper engravings as called for, few staining in some places, wide margins copy on strong paper, text clean and bright, overall very good. The order of Knights /Cavalieri di San Stefano was a military-religious Toscan unit which was founded in 1561 with main goal to fight the Ottomans in Eastern Mediterranean, where they represented a great danger in the 16th/17th centuries. The Knight did several incursions in Aegean islands controlled by the Turks and many times attacked the Ottoman coastlines in Greece and Anatolia between the 16th and 18th centuries. The order started to decline by the end of 17th century and this publication, a precious extensive and luxurious one, was a celebration of the many victories of the order the previous times, an effort to prevent its dissolution. Nevertheless the last military operation of the order date in 1719. The publication mostly covers operations in the Greek Archipelago and beyond the military account of each operation, with many information on Greek topography on the time, population, customs etc, is richly illustrated with 37 Folio full page fine views, from original drawings, of naval battles and many views of places in the Archipelago, as Skiathos, Hios, Halkida, Karystos and in several other places around Greece, as in Preveza, in Anatolia (Sistos, Anamourio etc).The drawings have been made by eyewitness of the events, as the accurate description of the city of Chios, of Preveza and Skiathos landscapes and other places suggest. Atabey 441, not in Blackmer. Very Rare