MAHOMET II (1432-1481) [but Laudivius ZACCHIA (fl. later 15th century)]. Epistolae magni Turci . - Antonius PANORMITA: Hermaphroditus . [Treviso]: G[erardus de Lisa, de] F[landria, about 1475]. Chancery 4° (200 x 148mm). Collation: [1 8 2 6 3 8 ] (1/1r Zacchia's prefatory epistle to Franciscus Beltrandus, text, a6r de hermafrodita , colophon, a6v table, a8v blank). 22 leaves, so numbered. 24 lines. Type: 4:102R. 3-line capital space with guide letter on a/1r. (First two leaves with wormhole at lower margin.) 20th-century flexible pasteboard. Fourth edition of a work first printed in Naples by Arnaldus de Bruxella, 17 September 1473. The letters were falsely attributed to Mahomet (Mehmed) II, conqueror of Constantinople, by Ladivius Zacchia who claimed to be the translator but was, in fact, the true author. Purportedly addressed to Turks living in different parts of the Christian world, they were such a convincing literary hoax that 18 editions had been printed by about 1500. Geradus de Lisa, a Fleming from Ghent, is thought to have reprinted the present edition from the undated edition of Dominicus Siliprandus (Padua, about 1475), with the addition of the table. It employs his distinctive piccolo text type, with exceptionally long ascenders and descenders, for the first time. Although de Lisa set up the first press at Treviso in 1471, he only appears to have achieved continuous production in 1475, and his thirty or so extant books are typically 'of small compass and in the nature of fine rather than trade printing, with distinctive types and careful press work.' HC *10502; BMC VI, 885 (IA. 28335-5a); Polain (B) 2562; IGI 5967; Pellechet Ms 7410 (7347); CIBN L-58; IDL 2984; Goff M-59.
MAHOMET II (1432-1481) [but Laudivius ZACCHIA (fl. later 15th century)]. Epistolae magni Turci . - Antonius PANORMITA: Hermaphroditus . [Treviso]: G[erardus de Lisa, de] F[landria, about 1475]. Chancery 4° (200 x 148mm). Collation: [1 8 2 6 3 8 ] (1/1r Zacchia's prefatory epistle to Franciscus Beltrandus, text, a6r de hermafrodita , colophon, a6v table, a8v blank). 22 leaves, so numbered. 24 lines. Type: 4:102R. 3-line capital space with guide letter on a/1r. (First two leaves with wormhole at lower margin.) 20th-century flexible pasteboard. Fourth edition of a work first printed in Naples by Arnaldus de Bruxella, 17 September 1473. The letters were falsely attributed to Mahomet (Mehmed) II, conqueror of Constantinople, by Ladivius Zacchia who claimed to be the translator but was, in fact, the true author. Purportedly addressed to Turks living in different parts of the Christian world, they were such a convincing literary hoax that 18 editions had been printed by about 1500. Geradus de Lisa, a Fleming from Ghent, is thought to have reprinted the present edition from the undated edition of Dominicus Siliprandus (Padua, about 1475), with the addition of the table. It employs his distinctive piccolo text type, with exceptionally long ascenders and descenders, for the first time. Although de Lisa set up the first press at Treviso in 1471, he only appears to have achieved continuous production in 1475, and his thirty or so extant books are typically 'of small compass and in the nature of fine rather than trade printing, with distinctive types and careful press work.' HC *10502; BMC VI, 885 (IA. 28335-5a); Polain (B) 2562; IGI 5967; Pellechet Ms 7410 (7347); CIBN L-58; IDL 2984; Goff M-59.
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