Author: BRISSON, BARNABÉ:
Title: De regio Persarum principatu libri tres. Heidelberg, Hieronymus Commelius, 1595.
Description: . Pp. (xii), 378, one blank leaf. Printer's woodcut device on title page. Extensively indexed. Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine. Some old scholarly annotations in the margins. Second, improved edition. Provenance: Hammer Library (Bookplate); Baron Germund Carl Cederhielm with his signature GCC on front endpaper; John Schander (1872-1937), Elleholm. Barnabé Brisson (1531-91), a distinguished French magistrate and politician whose talents won him great reputation. His principal work was a dictionary of Justinian legal terminology "De Verborum quae ad jus civile pertinent significatione" (1559) and he also compiled the first French codification of legislation "le code Henri III". This work was first published in 1590 from the author's notes. The first part deals with the Persian rulers and their history, the second is devoted to religion and social life. The last part describes with military organisation, both ancient and modern. A great copy of a significant work on the Persian empire. Adams B 2851. F.Diba 189. VD 16, B8335.

Keywords: Near East, persia, persian, perse, travel, exploration, asia asian, asiatic, history, religion, military, persien, iran,


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