The fifth volume of letters writ by a Turkish spy, who lived 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 1654, to the year 1682. Written originally in Arabick, translated into Italian, and from thence into English, by the translator of the first volume.
Giovanni Paolo Marana (1642-1693)
Category
Books
Date
1693
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3052676
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24],359,[1]p. . port.. (metal cut) . 12mo.. Shelved and uniform with vols. 2-4 and 6-8 (various editions). Identified in 1768 catalogue: S.2.. Provenance: Bookplate: Harry Grey (1715-1768) 1739-1768; anonymous armorial. Not in Franks or Viner.. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double blind fillet border; blind roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine.
Makers and roles
Giovanni Paolo Marana (1642-1693) William Bradshaw (fl.1700) Frederick-Hendrik van den Hove (The Hague c.1628 - London 1698). Robert Midgley (1655-1723)