The eight volumes 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, translated into Italian, from thence into English. And now published with a large historical preface and index to illustrate the whole. By the translator of the first volume.
Giovanni Paolo Marana (1642-1693)
Category
Books
Date
1694
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3094837
Summary
Bibliographic description
[70],192,209-376,[24],359,[25],359,[25],359,[25],359,[25], 356,[26],357,[27],357,[1]p., [1] leaf of plates . port.. (metal cut) . 12mo.. Imperfect: consists of general title page and following [46] p. of preliminaries, and all of vol. 8 (i.e. final 357, [1] p.) only (i.e. wanting all of vols. 1-7). Shelved and uniform with vol. 1 (5th ed.) and vols. 2-7 (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)].. Binding: Late seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double blind fillet border; blind 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) Robert Midgley (1655-1723) Daniel Saltmarsh