The eight volumes of letters writ by a Turkish spy, who liv'd five and forty years undiscover'd at Paris: giving an impartial account to the Divan at Constantinople of the most remarkable transactions of Europe: and discovering several intrigues and secrets of the Christian courts (especially of that of France) continued from the year 1637, to the year 1682

Giovanni Paolo Marana

The eight volumes of letters writ by a Turkish spy, who liv'd five and forty years undiscover'd at Paris: giving an impartial account to the Divan at Constantinople of the most remarkable transactions of Europe: and discovering several intrigues and secrets of the Christian courts (especially of that of France) continued from the year 1637, to the year 1682

1723

London

G. Strahan, S. Ballard

William Bradshaw

Robert Midgley

Authorities agree that the first part of the work, pub. in Paris 1684, was written by Marana in Italian (never actually in Arabic). The remainder has been ascribed to different Englishmen, among them Dr. Robert Midgley and William Bradshaw. It is probable however that Midgley simply edited the English translation, made by Bradshaw, of the original Italian manuscript. cf. Dict. nat. biog., v. 6, p. 185; v. 37, p. 366 Imprint varies Vol. 1: 20th edition; v. 2-8: 8th edition Vol. 1 has both general and special t.-p.; v. 2-8 have special t.-p. only

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