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Lot 271

OTTOMAN EMPIRE
[PRECHAC (JEAN DE)] The True History of Cara Mustapha, Late Grand Visier... now Translated in English by Francis Philon. Gent., L. Curtiss and H. Rodes, 1685

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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OTTOMAN EMPIRE

[PRECHAC (JEAN DE)] The True History of Cara Mustapha, Late Grand Visier... now Translated in English by Francis Philon. Gent., engraved frontispiece, without initial and final blanks, first and last few leaves toned at extremities, contemporary speckled sheep, rubbed [ESTC R25822; Atabey 996], 12mo, L. Curtiss and H. Rodes, 1685

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Kara Mustafa Pasha was the grand vizier who commanded the Turkish army at the Turkish siege of Vienna in 1683. One of several novels by Préchac that are based on real historical figures.

Provenance: Reynolds Stone (1909-1979); thence by descent to the present owner.

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