Histoire de l'état présent de l'Empire ottoman
Amsterdam: Abraham Wolfgank, 1671. Hardcover. Limp vellum binding with gilt lettering and two compartments. Bookplate on front flyleaf. B&W frontispiece. 498 pp. Incidental engravings throughout. French. VG, some wear to covers, markings on front pastedown and flyleaves, otherwise remarkably clean and tight considering age. Item #178018
A history of the Ottoman empire in three sections. Written by British diplomat and specialist on the Ottoman Empire Sir Paul Rycaut (1629-1700). Significant in its discussion of Jewish life in the Empire as well as its account of Sabbatai Zevi. Considered one of its time's most complete and influential accounts of the Ottoman Empire.
OCLC: 906758649
Price: $675.00