Turkish Embassy Letters

Turkish Embassy Letters
Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M[ar]y W[ortle]y M[ontagu]e: written, during her travels in Europe, Asia and Africa, to persons of distinction, men of letters, &c. in different parts of Europe. Which contain, among other curious relations, accounts of the policy and manners of the Turks; Drawn from Sources that have been inaccessible to other Travellers. In three volumes. Vol. 1, printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, in the Strand, MDCCLXIII. [1763]
Title page of the first edition
AuthorLady Mary Wortley Montagu
Publication date
1763

The Turkish Embassy Letters[a] are a letter collection of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's reflections on her travels through the Ottoman Empire between 1716 and 1718.[1] She collected and revised them throughout her life, circulating the manuscripts among friends, and they were first published in 1763 after her death.[2]


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