Travel
[MONTAGU, Lady Mary Wortley]
Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W----y M------e. Written, during her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa, to persons of distinction, men of letters, &c. in different parts of Europe. which contain, among other curious relations, accounts of the policy and manners of the Turks; drawn from sources that have been inaccessible to other travellers.
For T.Becket and P.A. de Hondt,London 1763. Third edition. 3 vols, 8vo (16 x 10 cms), 3 title-pages, pp.xii, [4], 165, 167, 134, small wormhole to first page of preface, previous owner's signature on front pastedown, bound in contemporary calf, spine gilt decorated with raised bands, red morocco label, gilt lettered, some wear to top and bottom of spine, boards slightly rubbed; otherwise an attactive copy.
Lady Mary Montagu Wortley's husband was appointed ambassador to the Porte in 1716 and she accompanied him to Constantinople.During her sojurn in Turkey she recorded her observations and experiences in a journal which provided material for her letters which she composed a few years after her return to England. These are not actual letters but provide the substance of her life abroad and her opinions on Turkish life and customs. The preface is signed M.A. ( Mary Astell). There were three London editions in 1763 and fourth was issued in 1764. Atabey 829, Blackmer 1150 ( for the Dublin edition of 1765),
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