75/3357 [Turkey]. Rycaut, P. Histoire de l'état present de l'empire Ottoman; contenant les maximes politiques des Turcs. French transl. by P. Briot. Amst., Abraham Wolfgank, 1671, 2nd ed., 498,(6)p., 18 double-p. engr. plates, 18th cent. brown mor., rectangular gilt borders on covers, very richly gilt spine w. mor. letterpieces, pink silk lined endpapers, gilt dentelles and boardedges, a.e.g., 12mo.

- One leaf w. piece torn off in upper outer corner, just touching the text; a few scattered spots, otherwise fine. Lower joint splitting, barely holding on cords.

= Atabey 1069; Blackmer 1464; Blackmer sale 289; Lipperheide 1408. "Rycaut's information on the Ottoman Empire came from several sources, Turkish records, members of the government and Ulema, and from a Pole who had spent 19 years at the Ottoman court. An extremely important and influential work, which provides the fullest account of Ottoman affairs during the 17th century" (note Blackmer 1463). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CLIX.