[Siege of Vienna]. Relation veritable du siège de Vienne.

Lyon, Thomas Amaulry, 1684.

12mo. (8), 159 pp. With folding engraved portrait and folding engr. plan. Contemporary calf.

€ 3,500.00

First edition of this account of the 1683 Turkish siege of Vienna. The portrait shows Count Starhemberg. Owner's stamp to title page. Includes an additional engraving, captioned by a contemporary hand: "Mort du Grand Vizir, étranglé par l’ordre de Mehemed 4 pour n’avez pas pris Vienne". Old cancelled stamps. A clean, well-preserved copy, formerly in the Ottoman collection of the Swiss industrialist Herry W. Schaefer.

References

Sturminger 2449. Kábdebo II, 182 ("1683" in error, not seen or located). Cf. Graesse VI/1, 76 (Brussels, 1684).

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