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17 - ALLARD (Guy). Zizimi, Prince of the Ottomans, lover of Phili…
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ALLARD (Guy). Zizimi, Prince of the Ottomans, lover of Philipine-Heleine de Sassenage. History of the Dauphiné. Grenoble, Jean Nicolas, 1673. In-12, red morocco, with gilt fillet and garland decoration, decorated spine, gilt edges (18th-century binding). Title page, 382 pp., 1 folio of privilege.  First edition of this adventure and romance novel, a roman à clef, by the Dauphiné historian and genealogist Guy Allard (Varces, 1635 – Voiron, 1716).  This is the first publication, following a pamphlet from 1660, by the future barrister at the Parliament of Grenoble.  Allard. Bibliothèque du Dauphiné p. 45 – Cioranescu 6892 – Maignien. L'Imprimerie à Grenoble 612 – Lever p. 428 – Gay III, 1404: ‘The author claimed that this anecdote was genuinely historical and contained no element of fiction. Zizim, son of Mehmed II, was held prisoner in Savoy around 1485’. Copy missing the 10 preliminary leaves. Sent to M. d’Avrilly. From the libraries of Eugène Chaper, a 19th-century bibliophile from Grenoble, and G. J. Arvanitidis, with bookplates.
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