"Tott (baron De) - Memoirs Of Baron De Tott On The Turks And The Tartars. Amsterdam, 1784."
TOTT (Baron François de) - Memoirs of Baron de Tott on the Turks and the Tartars. Amsterdam, se, 1784; in-8, LVI-274, 301, 252, 208 pp., contemporary full speckled calfskin bindings, spine decorated with five bands, painted edges, title labels in red morocco, a few scuff marks. The 2 volumes. The author was a specialist in the matter since he was employed at the French embassy in Constantinople and then in the Crimea. Baron de Tott spoke Turkish and was perfectly acquainted with the institutions and customs of Turkey. This work was translated and read throughout Europe. Original edition.