Le Hay, - and Charles de Ferriol.

First edition, folio (487 x 320mm.), engraved title and 99 (of 100) plates, all with old hand-colouring, some heightened with gold and mica chips, contemporary red morocco gilt, greek-key design to borders in gilt, spine in compartments with raised bands gilt, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, [Atabey 429; Blackmer 591], lacking the double-page plate (pl.100), title slightly soiled with short tears, some spotting and dust-soiling, some old repaired tears (a few slightly extending into engraved area), some stains (a few heavy), binding heavily rubbed

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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A rare copy of the first edition, issued without text, complete with engraved title and all 99 costume plates, but without the final double-page 'Mariage Turc' plate. Le Hay's work was a great success and a new edition appeared in the same year and another in 1715 with text and 2 supplementary plates. The costume plates became a principal source for artists and publishers throughout Europe and were reprinted and copied in many forms and also served as a pattern book for artists producing albums of Levantine costume drawings. As well as the costume of the Turkish court, the plates depict the cosmopolitan nature of Constantinople and include Greeks, Albanians, Jews, Armenians, Persians, Arabs and Moors.