Rigaut,P.
Histoire de l'Etat present de l'Empire Ottoman contenant les maximes politiques des Turcs... Traduite... par M. Briot. Nouvelle ed. Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgank 1678. 12°. With gest. Front. a. 18 folded. copperplate, as well as 1 text copperplate. 498 p., 3 fol. printed boards of the twentieth century with ruche and gilt (rubbing, upper chap. with loss). Cf. Cioranescu, 17-e siecle 16614 (edition 1670 with 18 plates) and Blackmer 1464. reprint of the edition 1670. - Title-page mentions "trente-six figures", probably so complete with 18 folding plates. The plates with national costumes and armor as well as ecclesiastical and secular rulers in their respective regalia. The text copper on p. 115 shows a turban. - Partly slightly spotted, plates mostly in the margins somewhat creased, N.a.T.
