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Le Hay, - and Charles de Ferriol.
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28,000 - 36,000 GBP
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Description
- Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant. Paris: chez Sr. le Hay & Sr. Duchange, 1714-1715
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First edition, 2 parts in one volume, folio (500 x 316mm.), engraved title heightened with gold and 102 plates, 3 double-page, all with old hand-colouring, some heightened with gold and with mica chips, one leaf of engraved music, and 16 printed text leaves ("Explication des cent estampes...", Paris, Collombat, 1715), contemporary calf, [Atabey 429; Blackmer 591], slight soiling and spotting, last plate with short marginal tear repaired, binding worn and rebacked
Catalogue Note
In addition to the plates depicting Turkish court, noble, military and other costume, the work illustrates the regional, religious and national costumes of other parts of the Ottoman Empire, including Greeks, Albanians, Jews, Armenians, Persians, Arabs and Moors.