CANTEMIR, Demetrius. The History of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire ... translated into English ... by N. Tindal, London: James, John and Paul Knapton, 1734. 2 parts in one volume, 2, folding engraved map of Constantinople, 23 engraved portraits (one tear to map, creased, occasional light marginal soiling), contemporary calf (rubbed and scuffed, joints split). FIRST EDITION. Blackmer 281.