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The Turkish history : comprehending the origin of that nation, and the growth of the Othoman empire, with the lives and conquests of their several kings and emperors (v.1)

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Type of record: Book

Title: The Turkish history : comprehending the origin of that nation, and the growth of the Othoman empire, with the lives and conquests of their several kings and emperors (v.1)

Level: Item

Classmark: BC Trv/KNO

Creator(s): Knolles, Richard (1550?-1610)

Additional creator(s): Rycaut, Sir Paul (1628-1700) (Other); Savage, John (1673-1747) (Other)

Related people: Rycaut, Paul; Savage, John

Publisher: Printed for I. Cleave, A. Roper, A. Bosvile, and R. Basset

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1701

Language: English

Size and medium: 2 v

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/279833

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991001078859705181

Description

The preface is followed by "The history of the present state of the Ottoman Empire...In three books. By Sir Paul Ricaut, &c.", having separate title-page, signatures and pagination [70pp], and followed by a publisher's booklist [2pp].


A contents list to this work follows the index to both volumes contained at the back of vol.2.


Vol 1: Some confusion over running titles, eg. the arrangement of "The history of the present state of the Ottoman empire" at beginning and headings for the lives of Amurath I and II. Pagination of pp.250-251 is reversed; p.267 printed as 277. 18 plates including frontispiece.


Vol 2: Pagination of pp.209-216 repeated, but contents are correct. 11 plates and the portraits of Solyman and Mustapha II are both described as "fourteenth emperor of the Turks".

Additional description

Between Selymus II (died 1574) and his successor Amurath III a (general?) section (pp.355-68) seems to be wanting. The second plate ( A Turkish pageant ) has a MS. note at foot, Before ye present state . Signature of Geo: Fleming (ie. Sir George Fleming, 1667-1747, bishop of Carlisle?), with shelfmark D.5.16 , on free endpaper at front, also Th[i?] (for T[urkish] hi[story] ?) on first pastedown

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