The first 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 1637, to the year 1682. Written originally in Arabick, first translated into Italian, afterwards into French, and now into English.
Giovanni Paolo Marana (1642-1693)
Category
Books
Date
1693
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3094834
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24],376p. . port.. (metal cut) . 12mo.. Shelved and uniform with vols. 2-8 (all 1st ed.).. Provenance: Armorial bookplate on title page verso: The Right Honble. John Lord Hervey created Baron of Ickworth in Com. Suff. March the 23d. 1702. [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751)]. Marginalia and underscorings in pencil; according to Sydenham Hervey such "mysterious little pencil marks in the margins" are a sign of ownership by John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751).. Binding: Late seventeenth-century Cambridge-style blind-panelled mottled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges. Rebacked in gold-tooled calf. Red sprinkled edges.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
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) Daniel Saltmarsh