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Letters written by a Turkish spy : who lived five-and-forty years undiscovered at Paris; giving an i...

Letters written by a Turkish spy : who lived five-and-forty years undiscovered at Paris; giving an i...

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Letters written by a Turkish spy : who lived five-and-forty years undiscovered 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 Arabic, tr. into Italian, and from thence into English / [Giovanni Paolo Marana].

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Letters written by a Turkish spy : who lived five-and-forty years undiscovered 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 Arabic, tr. into Italian, and from thence into English / [Giovanni Paolo Marana].

Publisher

London : Vernor & Hood, J. Cuthell ; Edinburgh : Mundell & Son, 1801.

Date

1801.

Call Numbers

T0109215 , T0109212 , T0109210 , T0109209 , T0109213 , T0109211 , T0109214 , T0109216

Record Identifier

74VvaOmDMB0X

MMS ID

991010327669702626

Language

  • Italian
  • Arabic
  • English

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Physical Description

Physical content

8 v. : front. (port.) ; 18 cm.

Publication information

Publisher

London : Vernor & Hood, J. Cuthell ; Edinburgh : Mundell & Son, 1801.

Edition

A new ed.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1801.

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Full title

Letters written by a Turkish spy : who lived five-and-forty years undiscovered 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 origina...

Notes

General note

Authorship disputed, though authorities agree that the first part of the work was written by Marana and first pub. in Paris, 1684. The remainder has been ascribed to several 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 th...

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Call Numbers

T0109215 , T0109212 , T0109210 , T0109209 , T0109213 , T0109211 , T0109214 , T0109216

Record Identifier

74VvaOmDMB0X

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MMS ID

991010327669702626

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