[iv] THE PRESENT STATE OF TURKEY ; OR A DESCRIPTION OF THE POLITICAL, CIVIL, AND RELIGIOUS, CONSTITUTION, GOVERNMENT, AND LAWS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE; THE FINANCEES, MILITARY AND NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS; THE STATE OF LEARNING, AND OF THE LIBERAL AND MECHANICAL ARTS; THE MANNERS AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY OF THE TURKS AND OTHER SUBJECTS OF THE GRAND SIGNOR; &C. &C. TOGETHER WITH THE GEOGRAPHICAL, POLITICAL, AND CIVIL, STATE OF THE PRINCIPALITIES OF MOLDAVIA AND WALLACHIA. FROM OBSERVATIONS ADE, DURING A RESIDENCE OF FIFTEEN YEARS IN CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE TURKISH PROVINCES, BY THOMAS THORNTON, ESQ. VOL. I. THE SECOND EDITION, WITH CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS. "Nec a festinante et vehementer occupato elegantiam orations, quam ne mediatatus quidem et otiosus praestare possem, aequum est requirere. Me quidem consolabitur nullins mendacii sibi conscius animus; quod est in hujusmodi narrationibus praecipue spectandum." BUSBEQUII Epist. i. LONDON: PRINTED FOR JOSEPH MAWMAN, 22, POULTRY. 1809. Text Archive Home | Book Details | Table of Contents