The Historie of the Great Emperour Tamerlan : London 1597
Amsterdam: Da Capo Press / Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm, 1968.
Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good- with no dust jacket. Item #15446
Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Translation of Histoire du grand empereur Tamerlanes. Facsimile reprint. S.T.C. no. 7263. Original title page reads: The historie of the great Emperovr Tamerlan. VVherein are expressed, encounters, skirmishes, battels, sieges, assaults, skalings, taking of cities and strong places, defended, and assaulted, with diuerse stratagems of warre, the which this great and renowned warriour hath conducted and accomplished ... Drawen from the auncient monuments of the Arabians, by Messire Iean du Bec, Abbot of Mortimer. Newly translated out of French into English, for their benefite which are ignorant in that language. By H.M. London, Printed for William Ponsonby. 1597. Purports to be based on a work by Alhacen, an Arabian companion of Timur. "The story of Tamerlane was probably introduced into English drama from this publication" per Lowndes.; The English Experience : Its record in early printed books published in facsimile; Ex-Library; Vol. 38; 4, 266 pages.
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