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41098Paris.Boivin & Cie.1909.Gd.in-4,reliure éditeur en percaline ornée d'un portrait en couleurs.80 pages sur onglets.Illustré d'Aquarelles pleine page en chromotypogravure. Bel exemplaire.
15303526Paris 1530. Manuscript on vellum written in a formal chancery hand singed by Francis I. Text in brown ink in a cursive chancery script with wide margins and prominent display lines; addressed to cardinals bishops priests and deacons of the Holy Roman Church. Bold signature by Francis I “Fransoys†at foot; countersigned at lower left by a royal notary or secretary. Folded for delivery with original papered seal bearing the royal arms of France. In fine condition. Manuscript on vellum written in a formal chancery hand singed by Francis I. Text in brown ink in a cursive chancery script with wide margins and prominent display lines; addressed to cardinals bishops priests and deacons of the Holy Roman Church. Bold signature by Francis I “Fransoys†at foot; countersigned at lower left by a royal notary or secretary. Ca. 285 × 455 mm. <p><br /> Signed letter by Francis I declining Ferdinand’s appeal for financial support in the defense of Hungary against the Turks.<br /> <p><p><br /> A rare and diplomatically significant letter issued in the name of Francis I King of France addressed to senior Church officials and prelates. Written in response to the anti-Ottoman military initiative of Ferdinand I King of Hungary the letter expresses France’s moral support for Ferdinand’s planned expedition to resist “the most severe yoke of the Turks†and defend Christian lands. However Francis firmly states that France cannot contribute any additional funds to the cause citing the extraordinary financial burdens the crown is already under.<br /> <p><p><br /> The letter details that France has only recently disbursed 1.2 million gold coins with a further 800000 due shortly and thus cannot participate in the proposed monthly remittances requested by Ferdinand’s envoys. Francis appeals to the Church for understanding emphasizing that this decision arises not from a lack of Christian commitment but from unavoidable financial constraints. He affirms that France will not be found lacking in duty should others actively commit and urges the recipients to judge his position fairly.<br /> <p><p><br /> Historical context: Written in the aftermath of the Battle of Mohács 1526 and during the contested Hungarian succession this letter reflects the complex diplomatic tensions of the time. While Ferdinand of Habsburg sought support against Ottoman encroachment Francis I—locked in rivalry with the Habsburg dynasty—sought to avoid strengthening his adversaries while preserving his standing as a Christian monarch. This letter forms part of that balancing act issued just a few years before Francis would enter into diplomatic relations with Suleiman the Magnificent.<br /> <p><p><br /> A rare document of high political import shedding light on the tensions between religious solidarity and dynastic rivalry in early 16th-century Europe.<br /> <p>. unknown
15161704S.l.: s.n. 1516. First edition. Title page with large woodcut illustration showing the King on his throne surrounded by the delegates. In Bastarda type with two floral woodcut initials. In later hard paper. Gilt title vignette on spine damaged. Concise marginal notes and page-numbers in ink by a contemporary hand throughout. Trimming of the leaves slightly affects the glosses with no effect to legibility otherwise the margins are wide. Title page crinkled at the upper right corner with a small tear that only affects the margin. Narrow inkblot to the lower margin throughout. B4 with two light brown stains C1 crinkled at lower corner. Bookplates on the inner front panel G. J. Arvanitidi; Antoine Mouradian. Overall in very good condition. First edition. Title page with large woodcut illustration showing the King on his throne surrounded by the delegates. In Bastarda type with two floral woodcut initials. In later hard paper. Gilt title vignette on spine damaged. 20 p. <p><br /> A bibliographically unrecorded early sixteenth-century French book about royal ordinances regarding the commonwealth along with the French translation of Sultan Selim I's letter of conquest fethname addressed to the Grand Master of Rhodes. <br /> <p><p><br /> The first and major part of the book presents nine concepts of orders of Francis I 1494-1547 King of France from 1515 until his death regarding the commonwealth chose publique. The drafts concern such topics as the commerce of spices and drugs wool cloth and other goods chapter 1-4 the weights and equivalents of coins and the recognized foreign currencies chapter 5 the recognized units of measures chapter 6 the regulation of the extravagance of clothing chapter 7 the inn trade chapter 8 and the money that goes to Rome for obtaining Bulls chapter 9. <br /> <p><p><br /> The second section comprises the responses to the aforementioned concepts of the representatives of the Good Cities Bonnes Villes Provence and Dauphiné who had been previously assembled in Paris by the order of the King in March 1516. In most cases they requested a delay of reply to discuss the matters with those who they were representing.<br /> <p><p><br /> The third section presents the grievances and requests delivered to the King by the delegates regarding the provincial councils conciles provinciaux the prolixity of the trials the tariffs the public officers the superior courts cours souveraines the land taxes tailles and the abuse and plunder by the soldiers crossing the kingdom. <br /> <p><p><br /> These sections were recorded and written down by the court clerk Jean Hesselin Seigneur of Girodon. Hesselin mentions himself twice p. 14 and 17 once by name p. 14 within the text.<br /> <p><p><br /> The final part is the French translation of the Ottoman Sultan Selim I's fethname letter of conquest sent on 27 August 1516 from Aleppo to Fabrizio del Carretto 1455-1521 Grand Master Magnus Magister of the Knights Hospitaller in Rhodes between 1513 and 1521. The fethname accordingly to its genre details Selim's expedition and the conquest and emphasizes the power and grandeur of the Sultan and his army. <br /> <p><p><br /> Selim I 1470-1520 ascended the throne as the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire in 1512. He is remembered for the enormous expansion of the Empire during his reign thus raise the Ottomans to the leaders of the Muslim world. Selim's most notable deed was the conquer of the Mamluk Sultanate which included Levant Hejaz and Egypt in 1516 and 1517 at the Battles of Marj Dabiq and Ridaniya.<br /> <p><p><br /> The Battle of Marj Dabiq near Aleppo took place on August 24 1516 where Selim defeated the Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri. This was a decisive victory of the war between the Ottoman Empire and the Mamluk Sultanate which ended in the conquest of much of the Middle East. Such an expansion of the Ottoman territory was a clear threat to Rhodes which was the nearest Christian possession to the coast of Asia halfway between Constantinople and Egypt. At the time the Grand Master in Rhodes was the Italian admiral Fabrizio del Carretto 1455-1521; Grand Master from 1513 to 1521 for a short interlude of a course of fifty-five years of Frenchmen serving as the supreme heads of the Order. Selim announced his victory and forecasted his threat to del Carretto in a fethname presented here in French translation however eventually he did not have the time to conduct the campaign against Rhodes. It was his successor Suleiman I who conquered the island in 1522 thus gained control over the eastern Mediterranean for the next centuries. By the time of the siege the commander of the Order was again a Frenchman Grand Master Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam 1464-1534. Suleiman allowed him and the surviving knights to leave unmolested and eventually the Hospitallers were quartered permanently on Malta in 1530.<br /> <p><p><br /> To the best of our knowledge the original fethname has not survived and we could not trance any other printed version or edition of the French translation. We could find one surviving copy of a Spanish translation of Selim's letter which was addressed to Pope Leo X titled Carta de nuevas grandes buenas y ciertas embiada a nuestro s. padre Leon X de las cosas que han passado en Levante entre el gran turcho y el gran solda Valencia Juan Viñao 1517; Norton 1256 IB 11215 USTC 344377 kept at Cambridge University Library F151.d.8.12.<br /> <p><p><br /> Provenance: Bookplate of Georgios Arvanitidis 1876-1953 a noted Constantinopolitan collector of books on Turkish and Greek history. Bookplate with the motto "On abuse du vrai" of Antoine Mouradian.<br /> <p><p><br /> Ref.: Bibliographically unrecorded.<br /> <p><p><br /> Bibl.: Setton K. M. Hazard H. W. ed.: A History of the Crusades. Vol. 3. Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press 1975. pp. 332-335. Pedani-Fabris M. P.: Ottoman Fetihnames. The Imperial letters announcing a Victory. In: Tarih İncelemeleri Dergisi 13 1998. 181-192. <br /> <p>. [s.n.] unknown
