PAUL RYCAUT-L’HISTOIRE DE L’EMPIRE OTTOMAN

THE HISTORICAL BOOK OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HISTORIANS OF HIS TIME, THE BRITISH DIPLOMAT AND WRITER PAUL RYCAUT, DIED IN 1610, ANOTHER VERY FAMOUS HISTORIAN RICHARD KNOLLES' FAMOUS BOOK “A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE TURKS”, A BOOK ON OTTOMAN HISTORY THAT CONTINUED FROM WHERE HE LEFT OFF UNTIL 1677… A 328-YEAR-OLD BOOK... ALL IN LEATHER BINDING OF ITS PERIOD...IN VERY GOOD CONDITION…

THE CHAPTERS IN RYCAUT'S BOOK, WHICH IS BEING SOLD AT THE AUCTION, ARE THE CHAPTERS WRITTEN BY THE MASTER HISTORIAN RICHARD KNOLLES FOR THE FAMOUS BOOK “THE GENERAL HISTORY OF THE TURKS”. HE LATER TURNED THESE CHAPTERS INTO A BOOK BY MAKING A BRIEF INTRODUCTION WITH THE HISTORY OF THE TURKS AT THE BEGINNING… THE COPY ON SALE IS THE 1694 DATED DUTCH EDITION IN FRENCH…