Letters Historical and Critical, from a Gentleman in Constantinople to his Friend in London; Giving an Account of the Largeness and Extent of that City; its Palaces, Mosques, and the Musselmen; their Priests, how they go up to the Balconies, of the Steeples of their Mosques, and cry and invite the People to come to Prayers, and what they say; the Seraglio, Hippodrome, Bussara, Serpentine Column, Obelisques, and other curious Monuments of Antiquity
London: Printed for George Spavan, 1735. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 4.625 x 7.125 inches. [2 blanks], 86, [2 blanks] pp. A British account of 18th-century Constantinople by an anonymous author, "a gentleman" from the retinue of George Hay, the 8th Earl of Kinnoul, British ambassador to Constantinople, 1729-1737. Very scarce..... More
