Description: ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES AND GENERAL VIEW OF OTHOMAN, Custom, Laws, and Ceremonies. Translated from the French of M. DE M D'ohsson, born Iqnativs Mueadcan Tosunyan. Armenian Author Published by Grand Lodge of Inquiry, Philadelphia, 1788 Original hardcover binding is cracked along the spine edges and has wear to the corners. Marbled end papers and contents are clean, tight and in very good condition. Very Rare. Ignatius Mouradgea d'Ohsson (31 July 1740 – 27 August 1807) was an Armenian orientalist, historian and diplomat in Swedish service. In 1768 he was supreme interpreter, in its subsequent elevation to the Swedish nobility, he participated in the French-sounding names d'Ohsson. Abraham Constantin Mouradgea d'Ohsson, author of a famous History of the Mongols, was his son. He lived many years in France. He was born at Pera, the European part of Istanbul, in 1740 as Ignatius Muradjan Tosunian the son of a Catholic family. His father was an interpreter at the Swedish Embassy and followed his father by entering into the service of the Swedish embassy at the Ottoman Porte, and by his talents attained the highest diplomatic honours. He was made charge of affairs, knight of the order of Vasa and in 1782 minister plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary. His knowledge of the Arabic language and Turkish languages gave him the means of acquiring information respecting the Ottoman Empire from the best sources. He resolved upon writing a history of Ottoman Sultan Selim II, but this was suspended by his plan of giving a full picture of the Ottoman Empire. To this work he devoted himself with the greatest zeal and perseverance, and with great difficulty succeeded in collecting the first authentic information from a prejudiced, servile, and jealous people, national customs and habitats, the interior of the seraglio, the mosques and the private life of a Turk.Book measures 10'' x 11 3/4''.
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Language: English
Author: Iqnativs Mueadcan Tosunyan.
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Topic: Ottoman Empire
Subject: History
Year Printed: 1788
Original/Facsimile: Original
