The eight volumes of letters writ by a Turkish spy, who lived five and forty years, undiscover'd at Paris: . ... Written originally in Arabick, translated into Italian, from thence into English. ...
Giovanni Paolo Marana (1642-1693)
Category
Books
Date
1723
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3025998
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1([48],312p.) . ill.. . 12mo. Not indigenous Loosely inserted: clipping from dealer's catalogue, unrelated to provenance. Provenance: Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on pastedown in Norris's hand: St. Albans Court [Nonington] Kent H. [i.e. Hodgson's] 10.3.38. Binding: Eighteenth-century full sheep over boards; blind fillet and roll-tools to form a border; brown leather spine labels with title "Turkish spy"; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
Giovanni Paolo Marana (1642-1693)