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Place of creation/publication
France -- Paris, -- publication place.
Item Details
Call number
273029
Folger-specific note
From dealer's description: "In-12, (30)-370-(4) pages. Contemporary speckled calf, decorated ribbed back. Blunt corners, damaged caps, and the guards are missing. Handwritten bookplates with the titles: "Lecoq de Boisbaudran" (is it Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran, 1802-1897, designer and teacher, or the chemist Paul-Emile, 1838-1912?); “Jean Lenges, 1729”; "Leriget, 1738". “First edition, very rare” (Chadenat). “During this age, the power of the Turks who were established in Europe for centuries was beginning to decline, but this was still a secret for almost all of the Christian world. Du Vignau, whose prolonged stay in the Ottoman Empire had given him perfect knowledge of its forces and its relations, undertook a project to demonstrate how little the East had to fear from these neighbors from now on [...] and how easy it was for European princes to overthrow this colossus that had feet of clay..." (Michaud) Louis Du Vignau, squire, knight of Saint-Sépulcre (the Holy Sepulcher), had Louis XIV as godfather. For nine years, he was the secretary of the French embassy in Constantinople, where he acquired a great mastery of Eastern languages. On his return to France, he was appointed secretary-interpreter of the king's squadrons. In this work, he examines the causes of the decline of the Ottoman Empire." Ordered from Michel Bouvier, D9781, 2024-11-20, email quote
