Observations sur la religion, les loix, le gouvernement et les moeurs des Turcs. Traduites de l'anglois [...]. Nouvelle édition considérablement augmentée de notes faites par un voyageur qui a fait un séjour en Turquie.

2 pts in 1 vol., 12mo: 204, 187 pp. (occ. sm. stains). Good copy.

Contemp. marbled brown calf, gilt-tooled spine on raised bands, red and black title-labels, red edges (sl. rubbing, spine and joints sl. cracked, corners dulled).

Second edition of the French translation (1st ed.: 1769; 1st English ed.: 1768), attributed to Claude-François Bergier (1720?-1784), with some additional material in the notes, made by an unknown author. Porter (1710-1776) was ambassador to Constantinople from 1746 to 1761, then British minister in Brussels from 1762 until his retirement in 1765. Ref. Atabey 974. - Not in Blackmer. Prov. Libr. label & stamp.