Muradgea d Ohson: “Allgemeine Schilderung des Othomanischen Reichs “ .Leipzig 1788-93

First edition in German. Tall 8vo 21x13cm,two volumes complete, volume I: title with engraved view, 24p..,605p.[12],volume II 14p.,637p..with 14 plates as called for, some folding ,six provided in facsimiles ,some light scattered spotting, overall clean and very good condition,

Ignace Mouradja d Ohsson (1740-1807) was an Armenian born in Constantinople who worked there for several years in the Swedish embassy. He wrote the most comprehensive work for the Ottoman Empire at the end of 18th century .As he could speak and read all the Levant languages he was able to mass first hand material from different sources. He describes the Muslim society in meticulous details and their religious manners .The beautiful plates of this book provide a vivid image of the 18th century Ottoman Levant. Blackmer 1164 (French edition),Atabey 846-847(French editions).  All d’ Ohsson publications are scarce, German edition is very rare and has different plates.