Letters writ by a Turkish spy : who lived five and forty years, undiscovered, 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 of that of France) from the year 1637, to the year 1682 / written originally in Arabick, first translated into Italian, afterwards into French, and now into English.

Name: Letters writ by a Turkish spy : who lived five and forty years, undiscovered, 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 of that of France) from the year 1637, to the year 1682 / written originally in Arabick, first translated into Italian, afterwards into French, and now into English.
Author: Marana, Giovanni Paolo, 1642-1693.

Title	Letters writ by a Turkish spy : who lived five and forty years, undiscovered, 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 of that of France) from the year 1637, to the year 1682 / written originally in Arabick, first translated into Italian, afterwards into French, and now into English.
Author	Marana, Giovanni Paolo, 1642-1693.
Publication Date:	1687
Publication Place	London : Printed by J. Leake, and are to be sold by Henry Rhodes ..., 1687. - Printed by J. Leake
Subject	Spies., Europe--History--17th century., Europe., History., Spies--Europe.
Type	Book
Language	ara,eng,fra,ita
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	376
Physical Dimensions	1 online resource (24 unnumbered pages, 376 pages)
Library:	Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID	18212079
Record ID	9977737870803681
Library Location	University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date	1687
Notes	The 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, volume 1 contains the substance of the letters commonly ascribed to Marana. The continuation (id est volume 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; Gentleman's magazine, 1841, pages 270., Running title reads: Letters writ by a spy at Paris., "The end of the first volume": pages 376., Imperfect: pages 63-64 lacking, tightly bound., Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library., Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1127:24) s1999 miun s \| Restricted for use by site license. \| text file
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Letters writ by a Turkish spy : who lived five and forty years, undiscovered, 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 of that of France) from the year 1637, to the year 1682 / written originally in Arabick, first translated into Italian, afterwards into French, and now into English.

Author Marana, Giovanni Paolo, 1642-1693.

Publication Date 1687

Publication Place London : Printed by J. Leake, and are to be sold by Henry Rhodes ..., 1687. - Printed by J. Leake

Subject Spies., Europe--History--17th century., Europe., History., Spies--Europe.

Type Book

Language ara,eng,fra,ita

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 376

Physical Dimensions 1 online resource (24 unnumbered pages, 376 pages)

Library Penn Libraries

Library Asset ID 18212079

Record ID 9977737870803681

Library Location University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Date 1687

Notes The 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, volume 1 contains the substance of the letters commonly ascribed to Marana. The continuation (id est volume 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; Gentleman's magazine, 1841, pages 270., Running title reads: Letters writ by a spy at Paris., "The end of the first volume": pages 376., Imperfect: pages 63-64 lacking, tightly bound., Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library., Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1127:24) s1999 miun s | Restricted for use by site license. | text file

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Tür Autobiographies.

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