DAVIS JONES: A COMPLEAT HISTORY OF THE TURKS FROM THEIR ORIGIN IN THE YEAR 755 TO THE YEAR 1718.LONDON 1719 First edition, in large 8vo, contemporary full leather trimmed at edges and rebaked, complete in four volumes with large folding map of the Levant by Moll in first volume and engraved frontispieces with Sultans portraits in all the other, some average uniform browning and spotting mostly in volumes three and four, overall in very good condition. The book attempts a monumental universal history of several states of Turkish origin. It begins in the year 755, which Jones identifies as the pivotal era when the Turks began to move out of Central Asia and into the territories of the Saracens. It concludes in 1718, immediately following the Treaty of Passarowitz, which ended the war between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League As a product of early 18th-century London, the book reflects the European perspective of the Great Turkish War era. By 1719, the Ottomans had suffered significant defeats. Consequently, Jones focuses heavily on the Decay of the empire, a common theme in Western literature of that period. He has collected his information from the best European and Oriental authors, aiming to provide the English public with a more comprehensive view than previous fragmented accounts.It contains material from rare oriental sources. This history is a primary source for understanding how the Western world viewed the Ottoman Empire at its turning point from a global superpower to the Sick Man of Europe.