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POSTEL, Guillaume.- De magistratibus atheniensium liber [...], ad intelligendam non solum graecorum, sed romanorum politiam, ac omnem veterum historiam, lectu utilissimus. Basileae, (ex officina Joannis Oporini, 1543.

Estimation : 500 / 600
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
Mense martio). In-8° : 151-[16] pp. (marginal dampstains and one large at the end, foxing, some underlinings and marginalia).
Contemporary binding : limp vellum, flat spine with ink title (wormholes). Second edition (1st ed. : Paris, Vascosan, 1541) of this work on Athenian institutions with some comparaisons to the Roman, French, Turkish, etc. The French diplomat, astronomer and linguist Postel (1510-1581), due to his knowledge of Greek, Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, Syriac an other Semitic languages, came to the attention of the French crown. He was sent by Francis I as the interpreter of the embassy of Jean de La Forest to Suleiman the Magnificent in Constantinople. During that travel, he gathered Eastern manuscripts for the French Royal Library. Postel was then named professor of mathematics and oriental language at the Collège de France. He also defended the unification of all Christian churches.
With 2 initials (1 historiated and 1 ornemental).
# Machiels P-1160; # Soltész P-838; # USTC 630423; # VD 16 P 4478; # not in Adams (other ed.).
Provenance : ex dono from Hieronymus Hyrusius to Martin Brem, 1560 (handwritten mention); Pierre Gauthier, December 1877 (id.).
Seconde édition de cet ouvr. sur les institutions athéniennes comparées parfois aux romaines, françaises, etc. Plein vélin de l'ép. (mouill. marg., plus grande à la fin).
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