The sixth 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 1659, 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. 6. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spies--Europe--Early works to 1800.

Spies.

Europe--Politics and government--17th century.

Europe.

Politics and government.

Penn Provenance:

Elias, Archibald C. (donor)

Estcourt(?), Shipton (autograph)

Estcourt, Thomas(?) (bookplate)

Physical Description:

24 unnumbered pages, 356 pages, 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. Vol. VI PU

Fingerprint:

sta_ i.75 9.n, thTr (3) 1693 (A)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by J. Leake for Henry Rhodes ..., 1693.

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-P¹² Q¹⁰.

The first leaf is blank.

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

Title within border of double rules.

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries copy has bookplate of Thomas(?) Estcourt on front pastedown; pen tests and autograph of Shipton Estcourt(?) on front free endpaper.

Cited in:

ESTC R31177

Wing, M565D

OCLC:

221451119