Essais de géographie, de politique et d’histoire, sur les possessions de l’empereur des Turcs en Europe

First edition, illustrated with a folding plate printed outside the text, of these essays by « M. L. C. D. M. D. L. D. G. D. C. D. M. L. C. D’A [i.e. Monsieur le chevalier Duvernois, maréchal des logis of the guards of the comte d’Artois] ».

Cf. Quérard, Supercheries littéraires, II, 700. Blackmer 1725. Hage Chahine 4990. Atabey 1280.

Our copy is preserved in its original wrappers, under plain grey covers, the spine unlettered and bearing traces of manuscript inscription.

Light marginal dampstaining affecting several leaves.

Verdy du Vernois (1738-1814) later became chamberlain to the King of Prussia and the author of several works on the military art, history, and the origins of certain sovereign houses of Germany.

His geographical essays on Turkey, on the military constitution of the Turks, and on the principal events of the war of 1768 between Russia and the Porte, may serve as a continuation to the memoirs of Baron de Tott.

The folding table, placed at the beginning of the volume, presents the genealogy of the Turkish emperors.