1715 Turkish Spy Ottoman Persian
Empire Constantinople Turkey Illustrated 6v SET
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Giovanni Paolo Marana or sometimes Jean-Paul
Marana (1642 - 1693) was a noble Genoese, who participated in 1672 in an unsuccessful
conspiracy for passing the town of Savona under the rule of the Dukes of Savoy,
moved to France in 1683. It is mutually agreed upon that he is the leading
author of the work Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy.
Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy is a collection
of fictional letters claiming to have been written by an Ottoman spy named
"Mahmut", in the French court of Louis XIV.
Main author: Giovanni
Paolo Marana – (Mahmut)
Title: L'espion
dans les cours des princes chrétiens : ou, Lettres et mémoires d'un envoyé
secret de la Porte dans les cours de l'Europe : où l'on voit les découvertes
qu'il a faites dans toutes les cours où il s'est trouvé, avec une
dissertation curieuse de leurs forces, de leur politique, & de leur
religion
Published: A
Cologne : Chez Erasme Kinkius, 1715-1716.
Language: French
Notes:
·
The Spy…is a fictitious narrative and
collection of letters which the author pretends was translated from Arabic into
its original language, Italian. This ‘external’ perspective was directly
inspired by Montesquieu and his Persian
Letters.
·
While
Giovanni Paolo Marana is considered the main author of this work, many other
names have been attributed to other portions of it including Barbier, Daniel
Defoe, Midgley, William Bradshaw, and Roger Manley. Marana is typically only
credited with the first 5 volumes of this work. These other authors are
considered those who dealt with the continuation of the work.
·
20
engravings including 6 folding plates of city views
o Gallipolis
o Constantinople
o Perpignan
o Casal
o Valenciennes
o Dunkirk
·
The
letters cover the period of 1637 to 1682 in France, from the last years of the
Regency of Anne of Austria and Cardinal Richelieu through the long reign of
Louis XIV and his minister Cardinal Mazarin. The Letters form a rambling
journal of gossip on current politics and satire on society. Mahmut sends
reports from Paris to Constantinople on politics and current events in France,
but corresponds privately on other subjects including religion, and adds stories
and anecdotes for diversion
·
Complete
6 volumes
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Pages:
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Illustrations:
20 exquisite copper engravings
Publisher:
A Cologne : Chez Erasme Kinkius, 1715-1716.
Size: ~
6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10cm)
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