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Turkish army.- Prechac (Jean de) Cara Mustapha Grand Visir. Histoire Contenant son elevation, ses amours dans le Serrail, ses divers Emplois, le vray sujet qui lui a fait entreprendre le Siege de Vienne, & les particularitez de sa mort, title with woodcut printer's device, folding engraved plate, trace of ink stamp removed from title, trace of ink stamp, near foot of plate, lightly browned, later vellum-backed limp boards, [Atabey 996], 12mo, Paris [?Netherlands], 1685. ⁂ Rare edition, probably published in The Netherlands, of an account of the commander of the Turkish army at the siege of Vienna in 1683. He was executed later that year for his failure to capture the city.