Author: Rycaut, Paul; Briot, Pierre Title: Histoire de L'état Présent de L'Empire Ottoman
Description: 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. 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. VG, some wear to covers, markings on front pastedown and flyleaves, otherwise remarkably clean and tight considering age .
Keywords: History, Ottoman Empire, Turkish ; Ottoman Empire ; ; History - Middle Eastern
Price: US$ 675.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 178018
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