Present state of the Ottoman Empire
Title
Present state of the Ottoman Empire
Alternative Title
Full title: The history of the present state of the Ottoman Empire : containing the maxims of the Turkish polity, the most material points of the Mahometan religion, their sects and heresies, their convents and religious votaries : their military discipline, with an exact computation of their forces both by land and sea : illustrated with divers pieces of sculpture representing the variety of habits amongst the Turks : in three books / by Paul Rycaut Esq; late secretary to his Excellency the Earl of Winchilsea, (Embassadour Extraordinary for His Majesty Charles II. &c. to Sultan Mahomet Han the Fourth, Emperour of the Turks) now Consul of Smyrna, and Fellow of the Royal Society.
Creator
Sir Paul Rycaut, 1628-1700
Publisher
London : Printed for John Starkey and Henry Brome
Date
1675
Format
[16], 380, [4] pages, [10] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 19 cm (8vo)
Description
Originally published in 1667 as: The present state of the Ottoman Empire.
With an added title page (A1v), engraved and signed: F.H. Van Houe fec.
Title within double-rule border; initials.
With an added title page (A1v), engraved and signed: F.H. Van Houe fec.
Title within double-rule border; initials.
Provenance
Presented by Seymour Schulich
Schulich-Woolf Collection
Schulich-Woolf Collection
Contributor
Hove, Frederick Hendrick van, 1628?-1698, engraver.
Starkey, John, active 17th century, bookseller.
Brome, Henry, bookseller.
Schulich, Seymour, donor.
Schulich-Woolf Collection.
Starkey, John, active 17th century, bookseller.
Brome, Henry, bookseller.
Schulich, Seymour, donor.
Schulich-Woolf Collection.
Language
English
Identifier
Dated 1675 .R93
Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), R2402
ESTC R8614
Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), R2402
ESTC R8614
Relation
Files
Collection
Citation
Sir Paul Rycaut, 1628-1700, “Present state of the Ottoman Empire,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed April 20, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/21.