- Lot 513

[Giovanni Paolo MARANA ]- The Spy in the Courts of the Christian Princes or Letters and Memoirs of a Secret Envoy of the Door in the Courts of Europe, where we see the discoveries he made in all the Courts [...]. New edition [...] enriched with intaglio figures [...]. Cologne, Erasmus Kinkius, 1731. 6 volumes in-12, 170 x 90 mm, contemporary brown calf, smooth spines with gilt fleuronné and fillets, title and appendices (worn bindings, torn headpieces, cracked spines). [4], 34, [12], 414, [10]; [12], 396, [12]; 444, [12]; [2], 370, [10]; [2], 456, [12]; 366, [8] pp. 22 pl. Edition illustrated with the portrait of "Mehmet the Turkish spy" engraved by Aveline and 21 plates, 5 of which are folding, showing views (Constantinople, Valenciennes, Perpignan...) and portraits (Hungarians, Arabs...). Some foxing and browning.