Author

MONTAGU, Mary Wortley.

Title

The Works of ...
including her correspondence, poems, and essays.

Published, Date

Longman, London1817.

Description

Sixth edition. 8vo., 6 volumes, engraved frontispiece, 8 facsimile letters (7 folding), contemporary polished calf gilt, tan and green morocco labels, lightly rubbed, a handsome set.

Note

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's husband was appointed ambassador to the Porte in 1716, and she accompanied him to Constantinople. During her sojourn in Turkey she recorded her observations and experiences in a journal (destroyed after her death) which provided material for her actual letters to her friends, of which only a few survive, and for the series of 52 letters which she composed a few years after her return to England. The form of these letters is partly fiction but provides the substance of her life abroad and her opinions on Turkish life and customs.

References

Stock Number

81631