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The history of the Turkish Empire from the year 1623 to the year 1677 : containing the reigns of the three last emperours, viz Sultan Morat or Amurat IV, Sultan Ibrahim, and Sultan Mahomet IV his son, the XIII. emperour now reigning

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Type of record: Book

Title: The history of the Turkish Empire from the year 1623 to the year 1677 : containing the reigns of the three last emperours, viz Sultan Morat or Amurat IV, Sultan Ibrahim, and Sultan Mahomet IV his son, the XIII. emperour now reigning

Other titles: The memoirs of Paul Ricaut

Level: Item

Classmark: BC Trv q/RYC

Creator(s): Rycaut, Sir Paul (1628-1700)

Additional creator(s): Knolles, Richard (1550?-1610) (Other)

Related people: Knolles, Richard

Publisher: Printed by J. M. for J. Starkey

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1680

Language: English

Size and medium: 2 v

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/281300

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991001338439705181

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A continuation of Richard Knolles' The generall historie of the Turkes.


"The memoirs of Paul Ricaut, Esq., containing the history of the Turks, from the year 1660 to the year 1678, with the most remarkable passages relating to the English trade in the space of eighteen years" (p. [61]-336 (2d group) covers the period of the author's residence in Turkey. Although 'The memoirs' have a separate title-page and table of contents, and are dated 1679, there is no evidence that they were ever published separately and pagination is continuous.


Publisher's list [3pp.] at end.


Indexed in: Wing R2406.

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Unidentified armorial bookplate (motto: 'Si Deus pro nobis quis contra nos'), with inked press-mark pasted inside front cover

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