The fifth 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 1654 to the year 1682. Written originally in Arabick, translated into Italian, and from thence into English, by the translator of the first volume

All titles

• The fifth 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 1654 to the year 1682. Written originally in Arabick, translated into Italian, and from thence into English, by the translator of the first volume
• Turkish spy. Vol. 5

People / Organizations

• Giovanni Paolo Marana (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for D. Brown at the Black Swan without Temple Bar, J. Nicholson at the King's-Arms in Little Britain, B. Took at the Middle Temple Gate in Fleet-street, and G. Strahan at the Golden Ball in Cornhil, [1703?]

Added name

Bradshaw, William, active 1700, tr.; Midgley, Robert, 1655?-1723, ed.

Publication year

1703

ESTC No.

N71284

Grub Street ID

51570

Description

[20], 276 p. ; 12°.

Note

Vol. 1 was a translation of "L'Esploratore turco" by Giovanni Paolo Marana. Subsequent volumes have been variously attributed, but were probably edited by Robert Midgley from William Bradshaw's translation of the original Italian MS

Date conjectured from copies bound with copy catalogued, volumes 4 and 6 which are dated 1703

Signatures: A]1]0] B-M]1]2] N]6.