The eight volumes of letters writ by a Turkish spy, who liv'd five and forty years undiscover'd at Paris Giving an Impartial Account to the Divan at Constantinople of the most remarkable Transactions of Europe: And discovering several Intrigues and Secrets of the Christian Courts, (especially of that of France) continued from the Year 1637, to the Year 1682. Written originally in Arabick, translated into Italian, from thence into English. And now Published with a Large Historical Preface and Index to Illustrate the Whole. By the Translator of the First Volume
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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London
printed for G. Strahan, W. Mears, S. Ballard, F. Clay, J. Hooke, B. Motte, R. Williamson, and the executors of H. Rhodes
1730, MDCCXXX. [1730]
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Edition: | [The twenty-first edition] |
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Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Item Description: | English Short Title Catalog, T91582. - Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 1468. - Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 1250 copies printed (of this and v. 2-3 of the 9th edition). - Reproduction of original from British Library. - Signatures from Maslen & Lancaster. - Signatures: Ap1s ap1s B-Op1s. - The edition statement is from the individual titlepage to vol. 1. - Usually found with v.2-8 of the 9th ed. of 1730. - V.1 is a translation of 'L'Esploratore turco .. ' by G. P. Marana originally published in Paris in 1684; subsequent volumes have been variously attributed, but were probably edited by Robert Midgley from William Bradshaw's translation of the original Italian MS |
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Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (v.1(48,312p.)) ill 12° |