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The eight volumes of letters
Title
The eight volumes 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 those of France) from the year 1637, to the year 1682, written originally in Arabick, translated into Italian, from thence into English ...
Published
London : Printed for J. Rhodes ... et al., 1723.
Physical Description
8 v. : ill. ; 17 cm.
Local Notes
BEIR WA 16201: Poor condition.
Notes
Mixed set: v. 2 is 10th ed.; v.3, 5-8 are 8th ed.; v.4 is 9th ed.
Authorities agree that the first part of this work, published in Paris in 1684, was written by Marana. The remainder has been ascribed to several Englishmen, among them Dr. Robert Midgley and William Bradshaw. It is probable however that Midgley simply edited the English translation, made by Bradshaw of the original Italian manuscript of Gentleman's Magazine, 1840-41; Dict. of Nat. Biog., v. 6 p. 185; v. 37, p. 366.
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Language
English
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June 01, 2002
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