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Sa'd-ed-din

KOCYN, Jan.
Kronyka Nowa O Narodu Tureckem, na dwa Djili rozdelena. W prmnjm wyprawuge se o puwodu, zacatcyn, zrostu, Sprawe, Mocy, Walkach, Ctustech y nesslechetnostech a poslaunosti Knjzat Osmanskych, od prwnjhe Osmana Chana, az do Sultana Soleimana Chana, a do Leta Pane 1550 gakz to wsse sami Turcy Jazykem swym sepsali. W druhem, doplnuge se tato Kronyka o wecech Tureckych, kterez se zbehly od Leta menssjho rostu Padesatehno, az do Leta Dewadesateho. Wydana w Jazyku Latinskem a Nemeckem od Jana Lewenklaia. A ted nynij w Jazyk Czesky prelozena.

First title printed in red and black, full-page woodcut printer's armorial device on the first of the 2 blanks at the end of the first part, small ornamental woodcut ornament on second title, and large ornamental woodcut vignette at the end of the second part.

Prague, Daniel Adam, 1594. 2 parts in 1 vol. Small 4to. Contemporary vellum, spine ribbed, sides richly and fully blind-stamped in panel design, with 2 small brass clasps. First title printed in red and black, full-page woodcut printer's armorial device on the first of the 2 blanks at the end of the first part, small ornamental woodcut ornament on second title, and large ornamental woodcut vignette at the end of the second part. (12), 28, (1), (3 blank); (16), 385, (18), (1 blank) pp.

Extremely rare first Czech edition of a famous Turkish chronicle. The original Turkish text by the sixteenth century Turkish historian Muhammed ibn Hasanjan, called Saadeddin, which covered the Turkish history up to the year 1550, was brought from Constantinople by Hieronymus Beck in 1551. A German translation was made by Joannes Gautier, or Spiegel, the interpreter of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, and from this German text Joannes Leunclavius, or Hans Lewenklau (1533-1593), made a Latin translation, and added a second part continuing the history to the year 1588. Leunclavius's Latin edition was the first edition ever published, all earlier texts remaining in manuscript. The Latin edition, the title reading: Annales Sultanorum Othomanidarum, is also the best known and most often found edition. A German edition was published in 1590, the second part continued again to the year 1590. The present Czech translation was made by Jan Kocin (1543-1610), from the German translation of 1590, the title of the second part reading: Kronyky Turcke, Djl druhy. Doplenj Historye Turecke, od Leta Pane 1550, az do Leta 1590. W nemz se podle ginych mnohych wecy, kterez se w Letech XXXIX. w Vhrjch a ginde zbehky, take y prjciny wyprawugi te dlauhe walky, kterauz Turcy proti Perssanum wedli: Od Jana Leweklaia (Leuclavius), z hod nowernych spraw sebrane, a w Jazyku Latinskem y Nemeckem wydane. Nynij pak w nowe na Czesko prelozene. A rare Prague-imprint. No copy in Institutional Libraries in America.

Good copy, with a few old owner's notes on first blank and on the title.- (Recased with new endpapers, clasps restored; library stamps on titles; occasionally browned).

Göllner, Turcica, 1956 (our Prague ed., listed under Lewenklau); cf. Adams S 51 (Latin ed. of 1596, listed under Sa'd-ed-din); Blackmer Coll. 1014 (idem, listed under Leuclavius).

Related Subjects: 16th Century Czechia Turkey

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