Lot n° 299
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200 - 300
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RICAUT (Paul). History of the present state of the Ottoman E - Lot 299
RICAUT (Paul). History of the present state of the Ottoman Empire, containing the political maxims of the Turks;
the principal points of the Mahometan Religion, its Sects, its Heresies, & its various kinds of Religious;
their military discipline, with an exact calculation of their forces by sea & by land, & of the revenue of the State.
Translated from the English of M. Ricaut, escuyer [], by M. Briot. Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgank, 1670.
Fort in-12 havana calf, spine decorated, title page, red edges (18th c. binding).
15 beautiful double-page plates, engraved in intaglio, representing costumes.
Second French edition of the first detailed work on Turkish manners, resources and Ottoman politics.
Small redaction on the title, without lack of text, formerly filled.
Expert Jean-Louis Beauvais
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