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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marana, Giovanni Paolo, 1642-1693

Contributor:

Midgley, Robert, 1655?-1723.

Bradshaw, William, active 1700.

Hove, Frederick Hendrick van, 1628?-1698.

Rhodes, Henry, bookseller.

Standardized Title:

Esploratore turco. Vol. 5. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spies--Europe--Early works to 1800.

Spies.

History.

Europe--History--17th century--Early works to 1800.

Europe.

Penn Provenance:

Elias, Archibald C. (donor)

Physical Description:

24 unnumbered pages, 359 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 16 cm (12mo)

Other Title:

Letters writ by a Turkish spy

Letters writ by a spy at Paris

Turkish spy. 5 PU

Fingerprint:

hee. e.d- d-h- wiTh (3) 1692 (A)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by J. Leake, for Henry Rhodes ..., 1692.

Notes:

"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."--ESTC.

Signatures: A-Q¹².

The first leaf is blank.

Engraved frontispiece plate (signed: F.H. van. Hove. sculp:).

Title within border of double rules.

Errata on leaf A12v.

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries copy has illegible ms. inscription in pencil on front pastedown.

Cited in:

ESTC R35022

Wing (2nd ed.), M565CL

OCLC:

82972013