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Boissard, J.J.
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2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- Vitae et icones sultanorum turcicorum. Frankfurt: Theodore de Bry, 1596, first edition, small 4to (200 x 147mm.), engraved title with portrait of Boissard on verso, 45 (of 47) full-page portraits of Ottoman sultans and others within highly decorative borders, nineteenth-century vellum, [Atabey 124; Blackmer 159 ("this beautiful book"); Göllner 2185], lacking C2 and Z2, occasional slight soiling
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Silvestre, C-F. Differents habillements de Turcs. [No place or printer, c.1700], small 4to (200 x 152mm.), engraved title and 20 plates (of more), bound after another work ("Salvator Rosa invenit"), contemporary calf, [not in Atabey; Colas 2744 (calling for 30 plates on 15 sheets); Lipperheide 1412 (calling for 21 plates)], plates soiled, lacking one or more plates, binding rather worn
Together with 3 portfolios of portraits, c.200 engravings, each mounted on thick paper, including 15 from Giovio's Elogia virorum bellica virtute illustrium (1596), many others of Ottoman emperors, Ottoman and eastern figures, and others (classical and religious figures, explorers, etc.), loose
Together with 3 portfolios of portraits, c.200 engravings, each mounted on thick paper, including 15 from Giovio's Elogia virorum bellica virtute illustrium (1596), many others of Ottoman emperors, Ottoman and eastern figures, and others (classical and religious figures, explorers, etc.), loose