The Hague: T.Johnson, 1709., 1709. 6 Parts in 3 Volumes (no separate titles to parts II & VI). 12mo. pp. xiv, 352, [22]index; 2 p.l., 48, 312, [14]index; 2 p.l., 335, [21]index, [2 leaves], 90, [10]index. with half-title in Vol. I. titles in red & black, 2 with engraved vignettes. 3 engraved titles. 2 folding engraved maps. later tree calf (rubbed, joints partly cracked, head of one spine chipped, some foxing & browning, outer margin of Vol. III title renewed, former owner's rubberstamp on titles & last page of each vol.). armorial bookplate of Le Comte Louis Taschen De Lapagerie. Rycaut spent six years (1661-67) in Constantinople as secretary to Heneage Finch, Earl of Winchelsea, British ambassador to the Porte. In 1667 he was appointed by the Levant Company to be their consul at Smyrna, where he remained for eleven years. The present work, first published in London, 1680-79, was intended as a continuation of Richard Knolles' Generall Historie of the Turkes (London: 1603), in the sixth edition of which it was printed as a supplement. cfBlackmer 1465. cfBrunet IV 1275. cfGraesse VI 108 (variant title)..

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Bookseller: D & E Lake Ltd. (ABAC, ILAB) (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: MCAstRYC62
Title: Histoire De L'Empire Ottoman
Author: RYCAUT, [Sir Paul] [1628-1700]
Book Condition: Used
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Publisher: The Hague: T.Johnson, 1709.
Date Published: 1709
Keywords: MIDDLE-EAST TURKEY OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Bookseller catalogs: Middle-East;
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