[D Aucour C.], “Memoires Turcs par un auteur Turc de toutes les academies Mahometanes…. de Constantinople”, Amsterdam, 1776. Second edition (Nouvelle edition). In 8vo, 17x10cm, pp. [16], 176, 238 and the 4 copper engraved plates. Contemporary full leather slightly rubbed, spine richly gilt. Complete, with a half titl & a copper engraved title. A scarce book describing everyday life in the Ottoman Levant in the middle of 18^th century, through the description of the life of two young Turks in Paris. Although it is written that the author is a Turk, the real author of the book was Claude Godard d’ Aucour (1716-1795). The close connections of many French people with the Ottomans is firmly attested in this book and this blend will form the Levantine culture. Not in Atabey or Blackmer.