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FRANÇOIS BARON DE TOTT – MEMOIRES DE BARON DE TOTT; Sur Les Turcs et Les Tatars
2 volumes including 4 chapters in one book and 1 Atlas. Amsterdam, 1785 (2. edition). 1. volume 500 p., 2. volume 380 p., a total of 16 engravings, 1 being a full-page, and the others are double page engravings, 26x20,5 cm. In their leather marbled hard covers. There is a wetting-induced paper melt on the lower corner edges of the first 30 pages of the book. Scarce. Atabey 1228, Weber 534, Blackmer 1667.
A MASTERPIECE ABOUT THE REGRESSION PERIOD OF OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN THE 18TH CENTURY BY A FRENCH OFFICER OF HUNGARIAN ORIGIN… IT BECAME ONE OF THE 2 MOST WIDELY READ BOOKS ABOUT THE TURKS IN EUROPE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION. THE FIRST EDITION WAS PUBLISHED IN 1784, FOLLOWED BY A SECOND EDITION, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN 1785…
THE OPERATION OF THE STATE IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE DURING THE DECLINE PERIOD THROUGH THE NARRATION OF A FRENCH OFFICER OF HUNGARIAN ORIGIN, SEEKING OUT FOR FRENCH INTERESTS, WHO CAME TO OTTOMAN ISTANBUL IN THE 18TH CENTURY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WAR ON THE OTTOMAN SIDE IN THE OTTOMAN-RUSSIAN WAR AND PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE… AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE IN TERMS OF TURKISH LANGUAGE, TRADE AND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS…
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