Cosmin Vasile
Junior Numismatic, Antiques & Militaria Appraisal Office
248. "Hungary and Attila" (Hungaria et Atila), by Nicolae Olahus, Latin, first edition, Vienna, 1763, with ex-libris Mathias Stix
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248. "Hungary and Attila" (Hungaria et Atila), by Nicolae Olahus, Latin, first edition, Vienna, 1763, with ex-libris Mathias Stix
Starting price:
EUR 800
Sold
EUR 900
19.5 x 12 cm
Printed in "Ioannis Thomae Trattner's" workshop, in Vienna. 8º format, with 14 unnumbered pages containing a preface, the royal privilege and a letter from the author to the reader (dated 1536 in Brussels) and 258 numbered pages in Arabic numerals, comprising two parts "Ungaria" and "Atila". It presents typographical elements representing the printer's mark, initials, frontispieces and final vignettes, geometrically decorated. 18th century binding, in leather on cardboard, on the spine 6 registers decorated in gold with the author's name and decorative geometric elements. The humanist, historian and clergyman of Romanian origin Nicolaus Olahus (1493-1568) held important ecclesiastical and political positions, Archbishop of Strigonium, primate of the Catholic Church in Hungary and regent. This work, first published in 1536, has been reissued multiple times. It contains numerous historical, geographical and demographic information about the Kingdom of Hungary, including Transylvania.
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