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
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3115870
Summary
Bibliographic description
8v. (in 4) ([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. Various editions, as described. Bound in four. Provenance: eighteenth-century early armorial bookplate of Richard Banner, with motto: "Nil sine numine" F1380/81 [i.e. Richard Banner (b. 1696), sold library from Little Aston Hall to Thomas Anson in about 1745]. Inscribed in late seventeenth or early eighteenth-century hand: Ja: Smith. Binding: late seventeenth or early eighteenth-century calf; blind panelled; four raised bands.
Makers and roles
Giovanni Paolo Marana (1642-1693), author William Bradshaw (fl.1700) Robert Midgley (1655-1723) Daniel Saltmarsh