GOUVEA, Anthoine de. - Lot 219

GOUVEA, Anthoine de. Relation des grandes guerres et victoires obtenues par le Roy de Perse Cha Abbas contre les Empereurs de Turquie Mahomet et Achmet son fils. En suite du voyage [...]. Rouen, Nicolas Loyselet, 1646. In-4, (20)-546 pp. with a fine black woodcut headband depicting Christ and the Virgin surrounded by prelates. Speckled tan basane, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt flowered caissons, gilt title, red speckled edges (marked lateral wetness in a few quires at the beginning of the work, damp stains and browning, binding rubbed, a few modern annotations in pencil scattered about, caps torn). First French edition, translated from Portuguese, of Gouvea's account of the great wars and victories won by the Persian king Shah ʿAbbās against the Turkish emperors Mehmet and his son Ahmed. One part, Book Three, is devoted to the captivity and great migration of the Armenians, which took place 4 years before this translation. The original Portuguese edition was published in Lisbon in 1611 by Crasbeeck under the title Relaçam em que se tratam as guerras e grandes vitórias que alcançou o grande Rey de Persia Xá Abbas, do grão Turco Mahometo, e seu filho Amethe.... With Permissions and Privilege pages. Sommervogel, II, XII, 4634. Brunet 2, 1684. [Persia]. [Turkey]. [Armenia].