D’AUCOUR

MEMOIRES TURCS OU HISTOIRE GALANTE DE DEUX TURCS, PENDANT LEUR SEJOUR EN FRANCE

Claude Godard D’AUCOUR

1758

(Godard d’Aucour, Claude): Memoirs of Turks; or the gallant story of two Turks during their stay in France. By a Turkish author from all the Mahometan Academies, Licensed in Turkish Law, & Master of Arts from the University of Constantinople. 3 parts in 1 volume. Constantinople (d. i. Amsterdam) 1758. 180, 172, 173 pp. Leather binding d. Currently

Atabey 507 and 508. – The first edition appeared in 1743. Amusing and slightly erotic story by a Turk about his visit to Paris. Earlier editions appeared in only two volumes, with fewer printed pages, this edition may have been expanded –