Author: MOLTKE, Helmuth Karl Bernhard von.
Title: Briefe über Zustände und Begebenheiten in der Türkei aus den Jahren 1835 bis 1839. 4. Auflage.
Description: Berlin, Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn, 1882. Later half cloth. With portrait. VI,431 pp. First published in 1841. - Graf von Moltke was a German Field Marshal. The chief of staff of the Prussian Army for thirty years, he is regarded as one of the great strategists of the latter 19th century, and the creator of a new, more modern method of directing armies in the field. He was seconded by the Prussian government to the service of the Porte. He spent two years in Constantinople charged with the reorganisation of the army and the refurbishment of the fortifications in the Dardanelles. He fought in the Syrian campaign against Mehmet Ali in the 1840’s (Atabey p.429). He surveyed the city of Constantinople and made many journeys to the Bosphorus, Dardanelles, Wallachia, Bulgaria, Rumelia, etc. 'No other book gives so deep an insight into the character of the Turkish Empire, and no other book of travels better deserves to be regarded as a German classic' (Encyclopaedia Britannica).
Keywords: Europe Turkey
Title: Briefe über Zustände und Begebenheiten in der Türkei aus den Jahren 1835 bis 1839. 4. Auflage.
Description: Berlin, Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn, 1882. Later half cloth. With portrait. VI,431 pp. First published in 1841. - Graf von Moltke was a German Field Marshal. The chief of staff of the Prussian Army for thirty years, he is regarded as one of the great strategists of the latter 19th century, and the creator of a new, more modern method of directing armies in the field. He was seconded by the Prussian government to the service of the Porte. He spent two years in Constantinople charged with the reorganisation of the army and the refurbishment of the fortifications in the Dardanelles. He fought in the Syrian campaign against Mehmet Ali in the 1840’s (Atabey p.429). He surveyed the city of Constantinople and made many journeys to the Bosphorus, Dardanelles, Wallachia, Bulgaria, Rumelia, etc. 'No other book gives so deep an insight into the character of the Turkish Empire, and no other book of travels better deserves to be regarded as a German classic' (Encyclopaedia Britannica).
Keywords: Europe Turkey
Price: EUR 192.50 = appr. US$ 209.22 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 35193
- Book number: 35193