Giovanni Paolo Marana - L'Espion dans les cours des princes chrétiens - L'Espion Turc - Roman Épistolaire Ancien - 1739

The spy in the courts of Christian princes, or letters and memoirs of a secret envoy of the Porte in the courts of Europe; where one sees the discoveries he made in all the courts he has been in, with a curious dissertation on their strengths, politics & religion - Cologne, Erasmus Kinkius, 1739 - part 1,2 and 3 (of 6) - 513; 486; 530 (16) pp - bound in marbled brown leather with richly gold-stamped botanical motifs on the spine, raised bands and a number and title plate

Good. Inner pages browned, here and there a spot, a few wormholes. Loss of corner of four leaves. A small tear, 1 cm, in the margin of three leaves.

part 1: some loss of leather to the head and tail of the spine. scribble on the flyleaf, two wormholes in the second rib at the bottom of the spine.
2: very slight loss of leather to the head of the spine, moisture spot in the top corner of 4 leaves, some leather loss at the bottom of the title plate
3: loss of leather to the head of the spine, two wormholes in the second rib at the bottom of the spine.

Contains a total of 13 engravings - all depicted

This work contains the letters and memoirs of a secret envoy of the Sublime Porte (the Ottoman Empire) who spies on the European courts. The text offers a critical and inquisitive look at the political relations, military powers and religions within the Christian kingdoms of that time.

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