1784 Letters of Lady Wortley Montagu Turks Ottoman Empire Muslim Social Feminism

1784 Letters of Lady Wortley Montagu Turks Ottoman Empire Muslim Social Feminism

 

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was an early 18^th-century woman of letters who is most remembered for her letters on travels to the Ottoman Empire. Described by many as the first woman to write a secular work on the Muslim Orient, Montagu challenged many of the expected norms about intellectual woman and sought for social change.

 

This collection of letters described her encounters and findings while touring the Ottoman Empire with her husband Edward Wortley Montagu. She discusses the dangers of a Christian living amongst the Turks.

“There is no possibility for a Christian to live easily under this government, but by the protection of an Ambassador – and the richer they are, the greater is their danger.” (Montagu, Letter XXXI)

 

In addition to letters, Montagu writes ballades, maxims, and responses to other writings. One of the most important writing was on her observation of primitive forms of the smallpox vaccine. An important book on early feminism and Christianity in Turkey, Asia, and Africa.

 

Item number: #2380

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MONTAGU, Lady Mary Wortley

 

Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—-y W—-y M—-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 ; … A new edition. To which are now first added, poems, by the same author. In two volumes.

 

London : Printed for T. Cadell, and T. Evans ; J. Murray ; and R. Baldwin, 1784. New edition.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
  • 1 – [1], [ix], [3], 220
  • 2 – [1], [4], 272, [1]
• References: ESTC 66781;
• Provenance: Armorial Bookplate – Charles Frederick Middleton
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
• Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)

 

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