LEADER 02626nam 2200373Ia 450 001 996387390103316 005 20221108080245.0 035 $a(CKB)4940000000084915 035 $a(EEBO)2248541029 035 $a(OCoLC)27476946 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000084915 100 $a19930222d1694 uy | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn||||a|bb| 200 14$aThe eight volumes of letters writ by a Turkish spy$b[electronic resource] $ewho lived five and forty years undiscover'd at Paris : giving an impartial account to the divan at Constantinople, of the most remarkable transactions of Europe, and discovering several intrigues and secrets of the Christian courts (especially that of France) from the year 1637 to the year 1682 /$fwritten 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 210 $aLondon $cPrinted for Joseph Hindmarsh ..., and Richard Sare ...$d1694 215 $aca. 3108 p. in various pagings $cport 300 $aEach volume has special t.p. and separate paging. 300 $aThe first edition of this work began publication in 1684, when a volume in Italian entitled "L'esploratore Turco" and a French version entitled "L'esplou du grand seigneur" were published in Paris by C. Barbin. Authorship is disputed, but it is generally agreed that the first fifty letters (the original four volumes) were written by Marana. In the English editions, v. 1 contains the substance of the letters commonly ascribed to Marana. The continuation (i.e. v. 2-8), said to have appeared first in English, has been variously ascribed to Robert Midgley and William Bradshaw ; Bradshaw has also been attributed as the translator (from Marana's Italian manuscripts) of the entire work under Dr. Midgley's editorship. cf. DNB; also Gentleman's magazine, 1841, p. 270. 300 $aEngraved frontispiece, "Mahmut the Turkish spy", appears in each volume. 300 $aImperfect: print show-through with loss of print. 300 $aReproduction of original in Christ Church Library, Oxford University. 330 $aeebo-0026 606 $aSpies$zEurope 607 $aEurope$xHistory$y17th century 615 0$aSpies 700 $aMarana$b Giovanni Paolo$f1642-1693.$0744114 701 $aBradshaw$b William$ffl. 1700.$01004661 701 $aMidgley$b Robert$f1655?-1723.$01003848 801 2$bWaOLN 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996387390103316 996 $aThe eight volumes of letters writ by a Turkish spy$92363192 997 $aUNISA