| Record ID | cp011194 |
| Voet reference number | 851 |
| Museum Plantin-Moretus | |
| Author | Ogerius Ghislenus BUSBEQUIUS |
| Title page transcription | ITINERA ‖ CONSTANTINOPOLITANVM ‖ ET ‖ AMASIANVM ‖ AB ‖ Augerio Gislenio Busbequij, &c. D. ‖ ad Solimannum Turcarum Impe- ‖ ratorem C.M. oratore confecta. ‖ Eiusdem Busbequij DE ACIE CONTRA ‖ TVRCAM INSTRVENDA ‖ CONSILIVM. ‖ ⊕ 32 ‖ ANTVERPIÆ, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini, ‖ Architypographi Regij, ‖ CIϽ. IϽ. LXXXI. |
| Collation | 8⁰ [128]: A-K⁸, L⁴; pages 1-167, [168], |
| Fingerprint | 158108 - # b1 A2 $con : # b2 L3 a$e |
| Number of sheets | 10.50 |
| Pages | [1]: Title [2]: Blank 3-6: L. Carrio Nicolao Micautio Indeveldii D.R.M. in concilio secretiori consiliario signed by D…(Bourges, 1 February 1581; italic type) 7-167: Text (parts in roman type capitals) [168]: Blank |
| Edition information | |
| Copies | Museum Plantin-Moretus- A 626- R 19.6: with annotations for the edition of 1582Major Seminary Ten Duinen BrugesCambridgeGhent University LibraryKB National Library of the NetherlandsBritish Library LondonBiblioteca Nacional de EspañaUtrecht University Library |
| Bibliographical references | Ruelens-de Backer, page 227 (1581, no. 20) Bib. Belgica (1964–1970 éd.), I, pages 394-395Cockx-Indestege, E. Belgica typographica 5345 |
| Online bibliographical references | STCV c:stcv:12927469USTC 401866 |
| Note 1 | Contains Itinera Constantinopolitanum et Amasianum, dated Vienna, 1 September 1554 (pages 7-112), and Exclamatio sive de acie contra Turcam instruenda consilium (pages 113-167). First edition of these very interesting documents on the Turkish Empire. |
| Note 2 | The first describes the journey of Busbequius, freshly appointed ambassador by Emperor Ferdinand, through Hungary to Constantinople, and from there to Amasia in Northern Anatolia, where the Sultan at that moment resided, and details as vividly the trip back to Vienna. It is given in the form of a letter, but without naming the correspondent. The editor, L. Carrio, in his foreword to Nicolaus Micautius (Micault), lord of Indevelde, former ambassador of the Emperor in Portugal, supposes Micautius to have been the addressed. |
| Note 3 | The second treatise is a kind of pamphlet describing the ruthless efficiency of the Turkish army and urging Christian Europe to change its military tactics in order to face the common enemy with more chances of success. |
| Note 4 | RDB, page 242, affirms that L. Carrio published the letters without Busbequius's consent and that he had them from Micault. This reflects the general opinion on the subject. In fact, as is underlined in BB, I, page 394, Carrio, in the foreword to Micault, supposes that the Itinera (he doesn't speak about the Exclamatio) was written as a letter to Micault, and the context makes it clear that he didn't receive the texts from Micault but must have got them from another source. It is a matter of speculation if this source was Busbequius himself and if the former ambassador to the Turkish Sultan induced Carrio to edit his writings without having to acknowledge openly that he sponsored the publication, or if Carrio acted on his own initiative without Busbequius's knowledge. In any way, later correspondence with Plantin (see following no.), let it be understood that Busbequius was not very displeased with the publication. |
| Note 5 | Listed in M 296, folio 9v (Itinera duo Augerii Gislenii Busbequii, 8⁰, 1581, f[euilles] 10½, [price:] stuivers 3), and M 321. |
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