76 2003 Berthault P
76/2003 Berthault, P. Florus franciscus sive rerum à Francis bello gestarum epitome. Paris, apud J. Libert, 1632, (34),525,(67)p., engr. title, contemp. vellum, 12mo.

- Contemp. owner's entries on titles and first free endpaper; bookplate on upper pastedown. Upper corner backcover dam.

Busbequius, G.A. Omnia quae extant. Leyden, Ex Officina Elzeviriana (B. and A. Elzevier), 1633, 575,(23)p., engr. title by C. DUYSEND, later boards, 12mo.

- Trifle yellowed. Frontcover detached.

= Willems 380; Rahir 363. "Second des deux éditions sous la date de 1633, où le titre courant des Lettres (pp. 468 à 575) est orthographie Epistolae." (Berghman 1417). First edition of the letters and works of the famous Belgian diplomat and traveller Gislenius A. Busbequius. The fourth letter contains a short list of words and phrases in use among the Goths of the Crimea, which show that their language was still essentially a form of Gothic. His Epistolae ad Rudolphem II (...) gives an interesting account of affairs at the French court. Page 24/25 deal with the hyacinth.

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