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Plantin Press - Persia] - BIZARUS, Petrus - Persicarum rerum historia in XII. libros descripta, totius gentis initia, mores, instituta, et rerum domi forisque gestarum veram atque dilucidam enarrationem continens. Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1583, folio, mod. half vellum, marbl. paper on covers, spine on 6 raised bands (joints starting to split), [12]-451-[25] pp. (paper age-toned, marg. dampstaining). Good copy.
Important Renaissance history of Persia from Antiquity till 1581 by the Italian scholar P. Bizarus, active in Antwerp 1578-1583. On pp. 449-451 a list of Persian and Ottoman rulers. Woodcut arms of dedicatee (August, Elector of Saxony) on verso of title. Woodcut mark on title. Old name on title "Lud. Charondae" (i.e. the French lawyer and author Louis Le Caron (1536-1617). Armorial bookpl. Em. Mancel . Ref. BT 320. Voet (Plantin Press) 727. Ind. Aurel. 119.711. Pettegree NB 5159. Adams B-2088. Not in Sorgeloos.