The present state of the Ottoman Empire. . Containing the maxims of the Turkish politie, the most material points of the Mahometan religion, their sects and heresies, their convents and religious votaries. Their military discipline, with an exact computation of their force both by land and sea. Illustrated with divers pieces of sculpture, representing the variety of habits amongst the Turks. In three books.
Sir Paul Rycaut (1628-1700)
Category
Books
Date
1668
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3032281
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12],218,[2]p., [3] leaves of plates . ill.. (metal cut), port.. . fol.. Old Wimpole shelfmarks: Gg/2 [pencil]; Gg.8.16 [black ink]. Pencil "688" on front pastedown. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754): Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754]. Binding: Seventeenth-century red morocco over boards, gilt double fillet with inner rectangular triple fillet and cornerpieces on covers, gilt tooling on spine and board edges, gilt edges.
Makers and roles
Sir Paul Rycaut (1628-1700)