Curious memoirs & secret adventures, of a voyage to the Levant
Overview
Book: travel-book. By Mr. De Mirone. Liège, 1732; translated into English, 1738.
Dates
- Creation: 1732 - 1738
Creator
Language of Materials
English (translated from French)
Conditions Governing Access
None
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
1 volume (1 item) : Binding: Calf (plain, with 2-rule gilt frame); board-edges blind-tooled. Rebacked in yellow calf with red label: DE SAUMERY CONSTANTINOPLE. Pagination: [16], 1-390. 2 vols, continuously paged, in 1. Material: Paper.
Scope and Contents
Alternative Title (p. [vii]): Curious Memoirs & Secret Adventures of a Voyage to Constantinople. Volume 1: Voyage London to Marseilles by land and sea, January-? 1719; voyage Marseilles to Constantinople, December 5, 1719-1 March 1720; description of Constantinople and environs; of climate, natural catastrophes, trade, government. Volume 2: Customs and daily life of Turks, Christians, slaves, eunuchs, women. Describes his preaching in France, horrors of the plague and of sea-travel. Dedicated to the Council of Liege; mentions plans for two further volumes (history, and his voyage Constantinople to Italy), and events in 1722.
Physical Location
MS C244
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Hatchwell, 1976
General
de Mirone is a pseudonym of Pierre Lambert de Saumery.
- Title
- Guide to the Pierre Lambert de Saumery Book of Travels
- Subtitle
- Curious memoirs & secret adventures, of a voyage to the Levant
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by alh, 1976; revised by ksc, 2006. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2006.
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in<language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/6279863521
- Preferred citation
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Pierre Lambert de Saumery Book of Travels, Department of Special Collections, MS C244, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository