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60 ELZEVIR EDITIONS AND SIMILAR Busbequius (Angenus Gislenius) OMNIA QUAE EXTANT Amsterdam, 1633. 1s

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60 ELZEVIR EDITIONS AND SIMILAR Busbequius (Angenus Gislenius) OMNIA QUAE EXTANT Amsterdam, 1633. 1s
60 ELZEVIR EDITIONS AND SIMILAR Busbequius (Angenus Gislenius) OMNIA QUAE EXTANT Amsterdam, 1633. 1st Elzevir edition. 12 mo. Engraved title. Full levant morocco gt. by Leighton. Blind-tooled monogram on each board. A.e.g. [Willems 380 n] This work is based largely upon Busbequius' letters written while serving as Ambassador for King Ferdinand of Habsburg at the court of Suleyman the Magnificent in Constantinople from 1554-1562. Strada (Famianus) PROLUSIONES ACADEMICAS Ill: J. Hackius Amsterdam, 1658. 12mo. Added engr. title & typographical title with woodcut device. Bookplate. Cont. blind-tooled panelled calf. This work, originally published in 1617, contains the first recorded suggestions for the use of electromagnetising in communication. (2) £150-250