REVOLUTIONS DE L’EMPIRE OTTOMAN

REVOLUTIONS DE L’EMPIRE OTTOMAN
et observations sur ses progrès, sur ses revers, & sur l’état présent de cet Empire,

DE CHENIER, M.

Paris, 1789

A very rare work on the rise and – temporary – fall of the Ottoman Empire

“In his book, Chénier describes the rebellion toppling Ahmed III and Damad Ibrahim in terms of an impoverished population raising against its pleasure-headed and spendthrift leadership” (C. Erimtan, Ottomans Looking West?). Chénier’s eldest son, the poet André Chénier (1762-1794) was a forerunner of Romanticism, and guillotined on 25 July 1794 for denouncing the excesses of the Revolution (Wikipedia). This is a very rare first edition.