BUSBECQ, Ogier Ghislain de; Bartolomej Georgijević.

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Aug. Gislenii Busbequii Quae Extant Omnia; Quibus Accessit Epitome de Moribus Turcarum, cum Indice Auctiore. First edition of this collection of letters describing the Ottoman Empire at its peak. It contains the writings of both Busbecq, Flemish ambassador to Suleiman the Magnificent, and Bartolomej, a Croatian soldier-turned-slave. Their accounts include not just information about the Ottomans, but also specific advice on how to escape slavery and a glossary of Slavic and Turkish.Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522-1592) was a Flemish writer and diplomat who served as ambassador to the court of Suleiman the Magnificent from 1556 to 1562. His most famous work was Legationis Turcicae epistolae quatuor (1589), The Turkish Letters, a compendium of correspondence describing his time in Ottoman politics and the empire more generally. He was also an avid collector, discovering multiple valuable manuscripts and introducing the tulip to the Netherlands. He returned from Turkey in 1562, eventually dying in an attack in Rouen. This volume was published posthumously, edited by the humanist scholar Louis Carrion. It contains the four epistles that became part of The Turkish Letters, along with other supplementary material such as Busbecq's correspondence with the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II. It also contains a reprinting of De Turcarum Moribus Epitome (originally published 1558) by Bartholomaeus Georgievitz. This was another chronicle of the Ottoman Empire's culture and customs, written by

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