| Annotation | Imprint from Latin colophon following the Latin text which reads: "Basileae, ex Officina Ioannis Oporini, anno salutis M.D. XLIII. mense Martio". Colophon of Greek text (transliterated) reads "Etypothe en Basilieia para men toi Nikolaoi Brylingeroi ... [1543]." Signatures: A⁶ a-k⁶ l⁴ ; *⁴ alpha-theta⁶ iota⁸; iota 8 is blank. Volume 1 contains the Latin translations; volume 2, with secondary signatures, separate paging, and special title page, contains the Greek text. Volume 2 with introduction and text criticism by Johann Oporinus. Volume 2 contains introductions by Giovanni Battista Egnazio and Johannes Cuspianius. Errors in pagination: after page 85 follow pages 56-65, and then pages 96-124. Greek title page reads "Tou Eusebestatou kai philochristou Basileōs Ioannou tou Kantakouzēnou tou dia tou kai monachikou schematos metonomasthentos Ioasaph Monachou kata tēs tōn sarakēnōn haireseōs Apologiai D. Tou autou kata tou Moameth logoi D" Woodcut printer's device on main title page. Woodcut historiated initials. With printed marginalia. Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts (VD 16), Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, J 376 J261 Text in Latin and Greek, includes Greek text and Latin translation of John VI Cantacuzenus' Contra Mahometicam Christiana & orthudoxa assertio. | Translate
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