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A continuation of Letters written by a Turkish spy 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 1687, to the year 1693. Written originally in Arabick, translated into Italian, and from thence into English.

Title
A continuation of Letters written by a Turkish spy at Paris. [electronic resource] : 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 1687, to the year 1693. Written originally in Arabick, translated into Italian, and from thence into English.
Author
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.
Publication
London : printed for W. Taylor, at the Sign of the Ship in Pater-Noster-Row, 1718.

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Additional Authors
Marana, Giovanni Paolo, 1642-1693.
Description
viii,[12],304p.,plate; 12⁰.
Uniform Title
Turkish spy.
Subject
  • Marana, Giovanni Paolo, 1642-1693
  • Espionage, Turkish > France
  • Europe > History > 1648-1789
  • Europe > History > 1648-1715
Note
  • Anonymous. By Daniel Defoe.
  • Advertised as "Volume the first", but no more published (Moore).
  • Giovanni Paolo Marana's single volume of L'Esploratore turco .. ' was originally published in Paris in 1684 and appeared in English as 'Letters writ by a Turkish spy'; its volumes 2-8 have been variously attributed, but were probably edited by Robert Midgley from William Bradshaw's translation of the original Italian MS.
  • Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • Moore
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642143533
  • ECCO1-N15315
Author
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.
Title
A continuation of Letters written by a Turkish spy at Paris. [electronic resource] : 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 1687, to the year 1693. Written originally in Arabick, translated into Italian, and from thence into English.
Imprint
London : printed for W. Taylor, at the Sign of the Ship in Pater-Noster-Row, 1718.
Indexed In:
Moore, 406
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, N15315.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
Added Author
Marana, Giovanni Paolo, 1642-1693.
Added Title
Turkish spy.
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