DOMINIQUE SESTINI - LETTERS ECRITES A SES AMIS EN TOSCANE PENDANT LE COURSE SES VOYAGES EN ITALIE, EN SICILE ET EN TURQUIE

Paris, Duchesne & Fils, 1789. 3 volumes; Volume 1: 542 pages, Volume 2: 463 pages, Volume 3: 489 pages, 20x12.5 cm. 5 full-page engravings. Bound in full leather with gilded spine and decorative embossing, marbled edges, in excellent condition. Atabey 1127.

THE AUTHOR’S SOCIO-CULTURAL OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, WRITTEN FROM A WESTERN PERSPECTIVE COMPARING EAST AND WEST...

OTTOMAN PALACES, MOSQUES, ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES, LIFESTYLES OF DIFFERENT CLASSES, WOMEN’S DAILY LIVES, CLOTHING, THE HAREM, CUISINE...

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