Volume 1

Turkey, being a description of the manners, customs, dresses, and other peculiarities characteristic of the inhabitants of the Turkish Empire; to which is prefixed a sketch of the history of the Turks / Translated from the French. Of A.L. Castellan.

  • Shoberl, Frederic, 1775-1853.
Date:
[1821]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Turkey, being a description of the manners, customs, dresses, and other peculiarities characteristic of the inhabitants of the Turkish Empire; to which is prefixed a sketch of the history of the Turks / Translated from the French. Of A.L. Castellan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    is frequently diflicull to decide where to draw the line, so as to observe the nicety due to the one, without trench- ing upon the amuseiuent and informa- tion of the other. In these volumes the author seems to have hit the happy medium which reconciles the interests of both, and to have acquitted himself of his task, which involved a variety of delicate details, in a manner not likely to give offence to the most fastidious.