François d'Aubusson, Duc de La Feuillade - Journal de l'expedition de Monsieur de la Fueillade pour le secours de Candie - 1671

François Aubusson de LA FEUILLADE - Journal of the expedition of Monsieur de la Feuillade, for the relief of Candia. By a volunteer.

Pirated edition of 1670 or 1671, Lyon, Jean Thioly.

Format In-12 (13.5 cm x 8.5 cm)
134 pages, full vellum binding from the period

Copy without map (as printed), without mention of the King’s privilege (rare pirate edition).

Prestigious provenance: "From the cabinet of Count Wlgrin de Taillefer" handwritten ex-libris of the archaeologist and Perigordine collector Henry François Athanase Wlgrin de Taillefer

Written by one of the 500 volunteers who formed the expedition commanded by François d'Aubusson, Duke of La Feuillade, this chronological account describes the desperate attempt to help the Republic of Venice to hold back the Turkish assault against the city of Candia (present-day Heraklion, in Crete)