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

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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

Printed by A. Wilde, for G. Strahan, S. and E. Ballard, J. Brotherton, W. Meadows, T. Cox [and 16 others], 1748

[The twenty-fourth edition]

  • v. 1

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Vol. 1 is a translation of 'L'Esploratore turco .. ' by G. P. 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 12th edition of 1748"--ESTC

The edition statement is from the individual titlepage to vol. 1

Signatures: A[12] a[12] B-O[12]; G6 signed 'G4'

References: ESTC T91579

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