The Turkish history, from the original of that nation, to the growth of the Ottoman Empire: with the lives and conquests of their princes and emperors, by Richard Knolles, sometime Fellow of Lincoln-College in Oxford. With a continuation to this present year. MDCLXXXVII. Whereunto is added the present state of the Ottoman Empire. By Sir Paul Rycaut, late consul of Smyrna.
Richard Knolles
Category
Books
Date
1687
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3042901
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6],620,651-836,[4],837-990,[28]p, plates 2-11, 14, 16-17 . ports.. . fol.. Not indigenous. Vol. 2 is bound (1) with Rycaut's 'History of the Turkish empire, from the year 1623, to the year 1677' (1687). Loosely inserted: clippings from dealer's catalogues, unrelated to provenance. Provenance: Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on pastedown in Norris's hand: East Sutton Park 27/6 45. Lot 785 Đ1-15 [East Sutton Park, Kent, seat of the baronets of Filmer]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full calf over boards; gilt fillets; spine gilt; red and brown leather spine labels with title 'Turkish History. Vol. I [-II]. Knolles'; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
Richard Knolles Sir Paul Rycaut (1628-1700)