The third volume of letters writ by a Turkish spy
Subtitle: who lived five and forty years undiscover'd 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) continued from the year 1645 to the year 1682
By: written originally in Arabick, translated into Italian, and from thence into English by the translator of the first volume
Series: Early English books online; Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 1552:21
Publisher: Printed by J. Leake for Henry Rhodes ...
Published: 1691
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
Subjects: Spies; History
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, v. 1 contains the substance of the letters commonly ascribed to Marana. The continuation (i.e. v. 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; also Gentleman's magazine, 1841, p. 270.

Engraved frontispiece: "Mahmut the Turkish spy."

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