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 intrigues and secrets of the Christian courts (especially of 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.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Marana, Giovanni Paolo, 1642-1693.

Series:

• Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Standardized Title:

• Turkish spy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Spies--Europe--Early works to 1800.
• Spies.
• Europe.

Physical Description:

volumes1(48 unnumbered pages,312 pages) : illustrations ; 12⁰

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for H. Rhodes, D. Brown, R. Sare, J. Nicholson, B. Tooke, and G. Strahan, 1707.

System Details:

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• text file

Notes:

• Vol. 1 is a translation of 'L'Esploratore turco .. ' by Giovanni Paolo Marana originally published in Paris in 1684; subsequent volumes have been variously attributed, but were probably edited by Robert Midgley from William Bradshaw's translation of the original Italian MS.
• Usually found with vols. 2-8 of the 6th ed. of 1707-8.
• The edition statement is from the individual titlepage to vol. 1.
• Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
• Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T221224.

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