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Country |
United States
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City |
Collegeville (Minn.)
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Repository |
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Rare Book and Manuscript Collection
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Shelfmark | DG992.2 .G4 1566 |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | |
Extent | 118 page(s) |
Century(ies) | 16th century |
Language(s) | Latin |
Subject |
Knights of Malta
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Subject |
Malta--History--1530-1798
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Subject |
Malta--History--Siege, 1565
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Subject |
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
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Genre(s) | Historical works |
Feature(s) | Initial(s), Decorated; Printer's device(s); Woodcut(s) |
HMML Proj. Num. |
HMML 00206 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/501163 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Malta Study Center Collection |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Access Restrictions | Unregistered or order a digital copy |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |

Type of Record | |
Extent | 118 page(s) |
Foliation | paginated 3-112, with first 2 and final 6 pages unpaginated |
Binding |
Bound in red morocco with gilded Maltese cross on front and rear cover; raised bands; spine divided into 6 compartments with gilded title in compartment 2, "HISTORIA DI MALTA", and date in compartment 3, "1566"; stamped, gilded decoration on inside cover turn ins; front and rear marbled paper pastedowns and flyleaves |
Binding Dimensions | 16 cm |
Provenance |
Ex libris stamp "Biblioteca Hierosolymitana Nobilis Equitis Hon. et Dev. Domini Chauleti" on verso of first flyleaf; Purchased by the Malta Study Center from Ursus Rare Books Ltd. (New York, New York) in 2001. |
Type | Printed |
Place of Printing | Italy, Bologna |
Printing Statement | In Bologna, Per Giouanni Rossi, MDLXVI |
Century(ies) | 16th century |
Year Range | 1566 |
Date Precise | 1566 |
Support | Paper |
Catchwords | Yes |
Signatures | Yes |
Font(s) | Italic, Roman |
Associated Name |
Rossi, Giovanni Girolamo, 1505-1564
(Printer)
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Associated Name |
Este, Ippolito d' 1509-1572
(Dedicatee)
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Associated Name | Fracasso, Marino, active 1566-1572 (Attributed name) VIAF |

Item Location | pages 5-112 |
Author | Gentil, Pierre, active 1565-1567 VIAF |
Title | Della Historia di Malta, Et successo della guerra seguita tra quei Religiosissimi Caualieri, & il potentissimo Gran Turco Sulthan Solimano, l'anno MDLXV |
Alternate Title | Trattato del successo della potentissima armata del gran Turco Ottoman Solimano: venuta sopra l’isola di Malta l’anno 1565 |
Alternate Title | Della historia di Malta, et successo della guerra seguita tra quei religiosissimi cauallieri, & il potentissimo gran Turcho sulthan Solimano, l’anno M.D.LXV |
Language(s) | Latin |
Contents Detail |
Includes letter from Pietro Gentile di Vendôme to Cardinal Ippolito d'Este, pages 3-4; list of Knights killed during the siege on sig. H1r-H3v |

Country |
United States
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City |
Collegeville (Minn.)
![]() |
Repository |
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Rare Book and Manuscript Collection
![]() |
Shelfmark | DG992.2 .G4 1566 |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | |
Extent | 118 page(s) |
Century(ies) | 16th century |
Language(s) | Latin |
Subject |
Knights of Malta
![]() |
Subject |
Malta--History--1530-1798
![]() |
Subject |
Malta--History--Siege, 1565
![]() |
Subject |
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
![]() |
Genre(s) | Historical works |
Feature(s) | Initial(s), Decorated; Printer's device(s); Woodcut(s) |
HMML Proj. Num. |
HMML 00206 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/501163 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Malta Study Center Collection |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Access Restrictions | Unregistered or order a digital copy |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |
Type of Record | |
Extent | 118 page(s) |
Foliation | paginated 3-112, with first 2 and final 6 pages unpaginated |
Binding |
Bound in red morocco with gilded Maltese cross on front and rear cover; raised bands; spine divided into 6 compartments with gilded title in compartment 2, "HISTORIA DI MALTA", and date in compartment 3, "1566"; stamped, gilded decoration on inside cover turn ins; front and rear marbled paper pastedowns and flyleaves |
Binding Dimensions | 16 cm |
Provenance |
Ex libris stamp "Biblioteca Hierosolymitana Nobilis Equitis Hon. et Dev. Domini Chauleti" on verso of first flyleaf; Purchased by the Malta Study Center from Ursus Rare Books Ltd. (New York, New York) in 2001. |
Type | Printed |
Place of Printing | Italy, Bologna |
Printing Statement | In Bologna, Per Giouanni Rossi, MDLXVI |
Century(ies) | 16th century |
Year Range | 1566 |
Date Precise | 1566 |
Support | Paper |
Catchwords | Yes |
Signatures | Yes |
Font(s) | Italic, Roman |
Associated Name |
Rossi, Giovanni Girolamo, 1505-1564
(Printer)
![]() |
Associated Name |
Este, Ippolito d' 1509-1572
(Dedicatee)
![]() |
Associated Name | Fracasso, Marino, active 1566-1572 (Attributed name) VIAF |
Item Location | pages 5-112 |
Author | Gentil, Pierre, active 1565-1567 VIAF |
Title | Della Historia di Malta, Et successo della guerra seguita tra quei Religiosissimi Caualieri, & il potentissimo Gran Turco Sulthan Solimano, l'anno MDLXV |
Alternate Title | Trattato del successo della potentissima armata del gran Turco Ottoman Solimano: venuta sopra l’isola di Malta l’anno 1565 |
Alternate Title | Della historia di Malta, et successo della guerra seguita tra quei religiosissimi cauallieri, & il potentissimo gran Turcho sulthan Solimano, l’anno M.D.LXV |
Language(s) | Latin |
Contents Detail |
Includes letter from Pietro Gentile di Vendôme to Cardinal Ippolito d'Este, pages 3-4; list of Knights killed during the siege on sig. H1r-H3v |
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