TURKEY. — Old and New Capitulations or Treaties between the - Lot 214

TURKEY. — Old and New Capitulations or Treaties between the Court of France and the Ottoman Porte, renewed and expanded in the year 1740 A.D. and 1153 A.H. Paris, Royal Printing Office, 1770. In-4, unbound. First edition of this translation made in Constantinople by Sieur Deval, secretary-interpreter to the King and his chief drogman at the Ottoman Court, of the 85 “imperial capitulations” granted by the Ottoman sultans from 1535 to 1740 in support of trade, diplomacy, and the Catholic faith. Some articles concern the Barbary pirates. This copy is enhanced with two engraved portraits of Turkish ambassadors, pasted at the beginning of the volume: Mehmet Effendy Tefterdar and Said Pasha Beglierbery of Rumelia.

Estimate:£417.33

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