JOAO JOSE PEREIRA:Historia da vida,conquistas e Religiao de Mafoma e do Governo Civil e Militar do Imperio Ottomano ,dos empregos e funcoes religiosas e de algumes particularidades curiosas do memo Imperio da Turquia. Lisboa 1791 First and only edition, in 12mo 15 x 10 cm, contemporary Portuguese binding, full leather, slightly pressed in the lower corner with some light wear on the covers, spine richly gilt. Text clean and bright. Complete: engraved frontispiece, title, 381 p. Overall very good. A detailed description of the Levant in Portuguese, published in Lisbon in the late 18th century. It explores the life of the people in the Levant with particular attention to the civil and military government of the Ottoman Empire. Lenghty description of Constantinople.Very rare. References: Blackmer 1285, not in Atabey