MOROSINI, Francesco. 
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MOROSINI, Francesco. Der treflichen Halb-Insul Morea, und derselben unterschiedlichen Provinzen Alte und Neue Beschreibung:Wie auch der Durchleuchtigsten Republic Venedig bis anhero, unter Großmüthiger Anführung dero Weltberühmten Capitan-Generals Francesco Morosini, Cav. Proc. di S. Marco, in besagtem Morea glüklich-gehabter Success der Waffen: Aus dem Italiänischen ins Teutsche gebracht, und, nebst versicherten Abbildungen der darinn ligenden vornehmsten Städt und Vestungen, Desgleichen einer accuraten Land-Karten, zum Druck befördert. Nuremberg, Leonhard Loschge, 1687. 12mo, pp. [xvi], 296, 289-300 (with the second pagination sequence being an appendix); title page printed in red and black; 27 engraved plates, 7 of which are folding (mostly views of fortresses; also a portrait of Morosini and a double-page title engraving); contemporary sprinkled calf over boards with ‘G. H. V. S.’ and ‘1687’ blind-stamped to front cover, sprinkled edges, ‘Morea’ written (later) on spine, ties lacking, leather rubbed, wear to headcap and tailcap; small repairs (mainly to folding plates), occasional small holes and tears.
An illustrated work on the Morean war between Venice and the Ottoman Empire, which began in 1684 and ended just over a decade after this book was printed. The account here, which was originally written in Italian, is by Francesco Morosini (1619-1694). Morosini was the Doge of Venice between 1688-1694, and he played an important role in the conflict. This is the shorter of two German editions of his work, both printed in 1687 and associated with the Nuremberg bookseller and publisher Leonhard Loschge. Morosini’s account was also translated into English (1688). Overall, this is a visually impressive item, especially the large and intricate folding plates. These mostly depict fortresses captured by Venetians during the Morean War including Coron (Koroni), Napoli di Romania (Nauplia), and Navarino (Pylos). Particular attention is given in the folding plates to Modon (Methoni), which is the subject of both a landscape view and an annotated plan. Another folding plate depicts the conquest of Calamata (Kalamata), with numerous boats approaching dramatically from the sea. During the Morean War, the Parthenon was used as a gunpowder magazine by the Ottoman Army. On September 26, 1687, a mortar during the Venetian bombardment of Athens scored a direct hit on the edifice, igniting the stored powder—the subsequent explosion of which caused the greatest destruction in the Parthenon's history.[4] An attaché of the Swedish field commander General Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck wrote later: "How it dismayed His Excellency to destroy the beautiful temple which had existed three thousand years!" By contrast Morosini, who was the commander in chief of the operation, described it in his report to the Venetian government as a "fortunate shot". VD17 39:130886L; outside Germany, OCLC lists copies at National Library of Poland and Royal Danish Library.
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Sachgebiete: Italien, Militaria, Reisen/Reiseliteratur
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