The second 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 1642, 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
1691
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3142166
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24],359,[1]p. . port.. (metal cut) . 12mo.. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signed 'P. Mazell': 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7705 2nd state- fine text) [Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear]. Binding: Seventeenth-century full leather binding; blind fillet border; four raised bands; spine label gilt lettered: "Turkish spy Vol. II.".
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