A full and just account of the present state of the Ottoman empire in all its branches: . with the government, and policy, religion, customs, and way of living of the Turks, in general. Faithfully related from a serious observation, taken in many years travels thro' those countries. By Aaron Hill, ...
Aaron Hill (1685-1750)
Category
Books
Date
1709
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3051119
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],xxvii,[9],118,[2],119-126,[2],127-146,[2],147-156, [2],157-176,[2],177-266,[2],267-268,[2],269-339,[1]p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; fol. Imperfect: wanting plate + explanatory leaf between pp. 126-127. Plate of catacombs of Egypt + explanatory leaf inserted between pp. 264-265. Marked "L F5". Provenance: Title page inscribed: "Robt. Cowan 1734" [i.e. Robert Cowan (d. 1737), Governor of Bombay (Mumbai) for the East India Company between 1729 and 1734, and brother of Mary Cowan, who m. in 1737 Alexander Stewart of Ballylawn, Co. Donegal, father of Robert, 1st Marquess of Londonderry]. Binding: Eighteenth-century double panelled calf. Six raised bands, brown leather spine label lettered in gilt "Hill's Ottoman Empire". Edges sprinkled red.
Makers and roles
Aaron Hill (1685-1750)