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 intirgues and secrets of the Christian courts (especially that of France) 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

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  • 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 intirgues and secrets of the Christian courts (especially that of France) 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
  • Esploratore turco. English.; Esplou du grand seigneur. English.
People / Organizations
Imprint
London : Printed for Joseph Hindmarsh ..., and Richard Sare ..., 1694.
Added name
Bradshaw, William, active 1700.; Midgley, Robert, 1655?-1723.
Publication year
1694
ESTC No.
R43424
Grub Street ID
124404
Description
ca. 3108 p. in various pagings : port.
Note
Each volume has special t.p. and separate paging

The first edition of this work began publication in 1684, when a volume in Italian entitled "L'esploratore Turco" and a French version entitled "L'esplou du grand seigneur" were published in Paris by C. Barbin. Authorship is disputed, but it is generally agreed that the first fifty letters (the original four volumes) were written by Marana. In the English editions, v. 1 contains the substance of the letters commonly ascribed to Marana. The continuation (i.e. v. 2-8), said to have appeared first in English, has been variously ascribed to Robert Midgley and William Bradshaw ; Bradshaw has also been attributed as the translator (from Marana's Italian manuscripts) of the entire work under Dr. Midgley's editorship. cf. DNB; also Gentleman's magazine, 1841, p. 270

Engraved frontispiece, "Mahmut the Turkish spy", appears in each volume

Imperfect: print show-through with loss of print.
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