The eight volumes of letters writ by a Turkish spy, who liv'd 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 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

Contributor:

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Esploratore turco. English

Language:

Arabic

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Europe--History--1517-1648.

Europe.

History.

Europe--History--1648-1789.

Penn Provenance:

Bigland, Clarence, fl. 1785 (autograph) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)

Physical Description:

8 volumes : portrait ; 17 cm (12mo)

Place of Publication:

London : G. Strahan, W. Mears, S. Ballard [etc.], 1730.

Notes:

Vol. 1: 2 l, ed., v. 2-8: 9th. ed.

Vol. 1 has both general and special t.-p.; v. 2-8 have special t.-p. only.

Authorities agree that the first part of the work, pub. in Paris 1684, was written by Marana. The remainder has been ascribed to different 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. cf. Gentleman's magazine, 1840-41; also, Dict. nat. biog., v. 6, p. 185; v. 37, p. 366.

Local Notes:

Imperfect: vol. 1, special t.-p. wanting.

Cited in:

ESTC (RLIN) 91582

OCLC:

9844102