DU MONT

A NEW VOYAGE TO THE LEVANT

CONTAINING An Account of the most Remarkable Curiosities in Germany, France, Italy, Malta and Turkey; With Historical Observations relating to the Present and Ancient State of those Countries.

by the Sieur DU MONT

London, 1696

First published in French in The Hague in 1696 Voyages en France, en Italie, en Allemagne, a Malthe et en Turquie; first English edition appeared also in 1696. – Jean Du Mont (1607-1727) left the French army to take service in Germany. The various German campaigns he took part in form the basis of his travels, which he augments with interesting accounts of his customs and life in the countries he visited, in the form of letters. Four of the eight plates illustrate genre scenes in Constantinople: Turkish dancers, Greek dancers, punishment of a harlot, and the audience of the French ambassador, Chateau-Neuf, with the Kaimakam (Blackmer p.113)