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Eton W.: A survey of the Turkish Empire in which are considered its government, finance, military and naval force, the state of the provinces, the subjections of the Greeks and their efforts toward emancipation…London 1799
Second enlarged edition. In 8vo 22x14cm,contemporary leather, over boards, edges of spine damaged, internally text clean and bright, some very light scattered spotting in few pages, complete 525p., overall in very good condition.
Eton provided a very detailed description of the Ottoman Levant in the turn of 18th century, covering its administrative structure, the military, trade, population and focused in the condition of the Greeks. He was an ardent philhellene arguing that Greek emancipation was certain to occur. A strong Philhellenic work. Atabey 409 (this edition), Blackmer 558 (first)