Georgeviz B.:”De Turcarum Moribus libellus in quo de corum Templis,Quadragesima,….Monachis,Scholis,Militia,Oeconomia..’.Helmestad 1686.First edition in 4to 18x15cm,previous editions were in very small format .Modern paper covers ,80p.,complete,very good condition. Bartolomeus Georgievitz (1506-1560) had been captured in the battle of Mohatz by the Ottomans. He had stayed in the Levant almost 13 years and learned very well the structure of the Ottoman society, the administration, the economy and the military, in 1537 visited Jerusalem and after he escaped ,he travelled across Anatolia and arrived in Europe the following year. His account is one of the best sources for the 16th century Levant .He described very accurately the Levant but its book is also a libelous against the Turks. Rare .Atabey 488 (for a small format earlier edition),not in Blackmer