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

People / Organizations

• Leake for ("printed by")
• Giovanni Paolo Marana (Author)

Imprint

London : Printed by Leake for Henry Rhodes .., 1693. The fifth edition.; ..

Added name

Saltmarsh, Daniel.

Publication year

1693

ESTC No.

R36901

Grub Street ID

119156

Description

[22], 376 [i.e. 360] p., 1 leaf of plates : : ill., port.

Note

Attributed to Marana by Wing and NUC pre-1956 imprints

Translated by Daniel Saltmarsh

Contains frontispiece: "Mahmut the Turkish spy"

Contains numerous errors in pagination

Imperfect: stained, with print show-through and loss of print.

Uncontrolled note

Unedited record