[Selim I., Sultan]: Wernher (Peter), trans:

VON DER SCHLACHT GESCHEHEN DEM TURCKEN VON DEM GROSSEN SOPHI IN CALIMANIA DER PROVINTZ NACH BEY LEPO DEM CASTEL. VND VON DEM TODT DES SCHLACHTUNGEN GESCHEHEN AUFF DEM MEER, VND AUFF DEM LANDT. IN DEM. 1514. AN DEM. XVIJ. TAG JUNIJ

      [Nurenberg: Hieronimus Holtzel, 1514]. [Nurenberg: Hieronimus Holtzel, 1514].. 6 leaves. Title with large woodcut vignette. Small quarto. Old flexible vellum. Overall a very good copy. First German edition. A remarkable account of the battle of Chaldiran between the Turkish Sultan Selim I. (1465-1520) and the Persian Shah Ismail I. (1487-1524), which was won by the Turks. Selim usurped the throne from his father, Bayezid II, in 1512 and eliminated all potential pretenders to the throne. In a number of military campaigns he defeated the Mamluk Sultanate and annexed Syria, Palestine, and Egypt. He extended Ottoman power to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, claiming the position of "Guardian of the Faithful," a title that had hitherto been held by Shah Ismail. During his rule, Selim more than doubled the size of the Ottoman empire. According to Gollner, the present German translation appears to be based on an Italian original. News of the Persian defeat reached Germany in a remarkably short time. Two other editions (one in Latin, one in German) were issued in Augsburg in the same year. Only two copies are located on OCLC. Gollner: TURCICA I:67. VD16, V-2594. Panzer: ANNALEN DER ALTEREN DEUTSCHEN LITERATUR 796.