RYCAUT, Paul. The present state of the Ottoman Empire. Containing

Second edition, folio (317 x 200 mm.), 218 pp. (occasional spotting). Engraved frontispiece (portrait of Mehmed IV which is repeated in the text), 2 engraved plates (with 4 costumes each) and 19 engravings in the text (with 21 costumes, 2 engravings with two subjects each). Contemporary full calf (upper hinge loose, small tear to the upper joint, wear, edges sprinkled). Blackmer 1463, Ioannou p. 462, Weber, II, 326, cf. Atabey 1067 (the third edition). Author: RYCAUT, Paul. Title: The present state of the Ottoman Empire. 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. Publication info: Λονδίνο, John Starkey and Henry Brome, 1670.

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