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HÖNIGER VON KÖNIGSHOFEN, Nicolaus. Erste Theil Hoffhaltung des Türckhischen Keysers und Othomannischen Reichs beschreibung. Ander Theil der Türkischen Historien. Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri: 1578. 2 parts in one volume, 2° (315 x 204mm). Collation: ):( 4 ; a-x 6 y 4 z 2 A-E 6 F 2 G-H 4 ; 4 Aa-Yy 6 Zz 8 . Title in red and black, title to volume II with woodcut portrait of a sultan, woodcut illustrations throughout, including 2 double-page, several hand-coloured. (Titles with small blank section neatly excised, leaves l2 and A6 with tears at lower margin affecting text and illustrations, occasional light soiling.) BL STC German 408. [Bound with:] Petrus BIZZARUS. Persicarum rerum historia. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1583. 2° (315 x 204mm). Title with woodcut device, woodcut dedicatee's arms and head and tailpieces. (Small blank section neatly excised from title, some dampstaining to upper and outer margins, light occasional browning.) Adams B-2088. 2 works in one volume. Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards (extremities rubbed, soiled, clasps deficient). Provenance : M. P. (binding, contemporary marginal annotations).