Mariti (Giovanni). Istoria di Faccardino, Grand-Emir dei Drusi, 1st edition, Livorno: Tommaso Masi, 1787, engraved portrait frontispiece (slightly marked), a few marginal pencil marks, faint marginal damp-staining towards rear, later ink-stamp 'N. Mariti' to title-page recto, contemporary vellum, gilt spine, marked, wear to foot of spine, front board bowed, 8vo (17.8 x 11 cm) (Qty: 1) Blackmer 1078. Account of Fakhr al-Din II, the Druze emir of Mount Lebanon from 1608 to 1635, who led a rebellion against Ottoman authority, in alliance with the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. 'Mariti had spent some time with the [Druze] of Lebanon, and from them he learned many of the details for this work' (Blackmer).
Mariti (Giovanni). Istoria di Faccardino, Grand-Emir dei Drusi, 1st edition, Livorno: Tommaso Masi, 1787, engraved portrait frontispiece (slightly marked), a few marginal pencil marks, faint marginal damp-staining towards rear, later ink-stamp 'N. Mariti' to title-page recto, contemporary vellum, gilt spine, marked, wear to foot of spine, front board bowed, 8vo (17.8 x 11 cm) (Qty: 1) Blackmer 1078. Account of Fakhr al-Din II, the Druze emir of Mount Lebanon from 1608 to 1635, who led a rebellion against Ottoman authority, in alliance with the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. 'Mariti had spent some time with the [Druze] of Lebanon, and from them he learned many of the details for this work' (Blackmer).
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