The first volume of letters writ by a Turkish spy, who lived five and forty years, undiscovered, 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) 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

• Giovanni Paolo Marana (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for Henry Rhodes, near Bride-Lane, in Fleet-street, 1691. The third edition.; ..

Added name

Saltmarsh, Daniel, tr.

Publication year

1691

ESTC No.

R40722

Grub Street ID

122487

Description

[22], 175, 192-376 p., 1 leaf of plates : ill., port. ; 12°.

Note

Anonymous. By Giovanni Paolo Marana

Translated by Daniel Saltmarsh

Contains frontispiece: "Mahmut the Turkish spy"

Text continuous despite pagination.