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JEAN ANTOINE GUER - MOEURS ET USAGES DES TURCS; Leur Religion, Leur Government Civil, Militaire Et Politique, Avec Un Abrege De L’Histoire Ottomane-Merigot & Pigot: Paris, 1747. 25.5 x 20.5 cm, 2 volumes: Volume 1 with 453 pages, Volume 2 with 537 pages, 30 engravings; 23 full-page and 7 fold-out. Bound entirely in leather typical of the period, with ribbed spine, gilt lettering and decoration, gilt-edged covers. In very good condition for a 278-year-old book. Atabey 534, Weber 761, Blackmer 762.

JEAN ANTOINE GUER - MOEURS ET USAGES DES TURCS; Leur Religion, Leur Government Civil, Militaire Et Politique, Avec Un Abrege De L’Histoire Ottomane

Merigot & Pigot: Paris, 1747. 25.5 x 20.5 cm, 2 volumes: Volume 1 with 453 pages, Volume 2 with 537 pages, 30 engravings; 23 full-page and 7 fold-out. Bound entirely in leather typical of the period, with ribbed spine, gilt lettering and decoration, gilt-edged covers. In very good condition for a 278-year-old book. Atabey 534, Weber 761, Blackmer 762.

THE FAMOUS OTTOMAN HISTORY BOOK BY GUER, INCLUDING ENGRAVINGS COVERING THE PERIOD FROM OSMAN GAZI TO SULTAN MAHMUD I, SERVING AS A HISTORICAL DOCUMENT AND SOURCE... A RARE OTTOMAN HISTORY BOOK WRITTEN BY THE TRAVELER JEAN ANTOINE GUER, WHO NEVER VISITED THE EAST BUT COMPOSED HIS WORK BY UTILIZING AUTHORS SUCH AS BELON, BUSBECQ, GRELOT, RYCAUT, TOURNEFORT, TAVERNIER, AND THEVENOT—WHO FORM THE CORNERSTONES OF THE OTTOMAN LIBRARY...

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