The present state of the Ottoman Empire
Subtitle: containing the maxims of the Turkish politie, the most material points of the Mahometan religion, their sects and heresies, their convents and religious votaries : their military discipline, with an exact computation of their forces both by land and sea : iIllustrated with divers pieces of sculpture, representing the variety of habits amongst the Turks : in three books
By: by Paul Rycaut, Esq, secretary to his Excellency the Earl of Winchilsea, Embassador Extraordinary for his Majesty Charles the Second, &c. to Sultan Mahomet Han the Fourth, Emperour of the Turks
Contributors: Starkey, John, 17th century, publisher; Brome, Henry, publisher
Publisher: Pinted for John Starkey and Henry Brome, at the Mitre between the Middle-Temple-Gate and Temple-Bar in Fleet-Street, and the Star in Little-Britain
Published: 1668
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: Islamic civilization; Early works to 1800; Defenses; Social conditions; History; Islam
Notes: With engraved frontispiece portrait of of Sultan Mahomet Han.

The illustrations are hand colored.

Signatures: A⁶ B-Y⁴ 2A-2F⁴ 2G².

ESTC R018075

Wing R2413

Binding: contemporary mottled calf; spine rebacked with original gold-tooled backstrip preserved; marbled edges.

Library's copy includes three letters, two by the Dept. of Printed Books at the British Museum and one by the Archives Dept. of the Council House, Bristol, regarding a copy the 1668 edition of Rycaut's book apparently owned by H.R. Wansborough, Esq.