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 by A. Wilde, for S. and E. Ballard, J. Brotherton, W. Meadows, T. Cox, R. Ware, J. Clarke, S. Birt, D. Browne, T. Astley, J. Shuckburgh, J. Hodges, E. Wicksteed, J. Oswald, J. Comyns, C. Bathurst, R. Baldwin, A. Strahan, and A. Wilde
1753, 1753
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| Edition: | [The twenty-fifth edition] |
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| Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | Edition statement from volume titlepage (sig. a3) in this volume, 'The first volume of letters writ by a Turkish spy, ..'. - English Short Title Catalog, T91589. - Reproduction of original from British Library. - The imprint date is enclosed in square brackets. - Usually found with vols. 2-8 of the 13th edition of 1753-54. - Vol. 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(xxvi,[4],viii,[10],312p.)) ill 12° |