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1663 ENGLISH History of Ottoman TURKS Empire Sultans Ahmed II Mehmed IV Moore

Andrew Moore's "Compendious History of the Turks" is a rare, 17th-century history of the Ottoman Empire through the mid-1600s. Moore, an English historian, based much of this work on Richard Knolles' "Generall Historie of the Turkes" in which the kings of the Ottoman Empire of described in detail. This particular tome contains descriptions of kings including Mehmet III, Ahmed I, Mustafa I, Osman II, and Ahmed II. Curiously, Moore refers to the Ottoman's in this work as a "barbarous nation, the world's present terror" in hopes of exposing kingdom warring against the Habsburgs in the mid-17th-century.

Item number: #23379
Price: $750

MOORE, Andrew

A compendious history of the Turks

London: Printed by John Streater, 1663.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages;
o [2], 799-1531 (i.e., 1561), [17]
· References: Atabey, Ottoman World II, no. 833;
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather;… Read More

London, John Streater, 1660, [1660, i.e. 1659].. FIRST EDITION 1660, thick 8vo, approximately 175 x 115 mm, 6¾ x 4½ inches, pages: [4], 1-624, 621-876, 867-882, 893-1148, 1147-1290, 1287-1446, 1433-1448, [14], page 1448 misnumbered 1434, signatures: [A]² B-5A8, pagination a little erratic, all catchwords correct, collated and guaranteed complete, See ESTC R13134. Bound in full contemporary calf, blind rules to covers, raised bands and gilt rules to spine, gilt lettered morocco label, all edges red. Head and tail of spine slightly worn, tiny crack at tail of upper hinge, old ink blot (30 mm, 1¼") with slight loss to paper of lower inner margin of title page, obscuring the words 'Andrew' and 'printed', neat paper strengthening to that corner, 2 small ink names on title page, 1 dated 1663, 2 small top corners missing with slight loss to page numbers, 1 or 2 dark spots or small pale stains, no loss of legibility. A very good tight clean copy. The author, describing the Turks as "this barbarous nation,… Read More