[Arif Pacha, Muchir.

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

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Description

Les Anciens Costumes de l'Empire Ottoman, depuis l'origine de la monarchie jusqu'a la reforme du Sultan Mahmoud. Paris: Lemercier, 1863]
PAPER

Volume 1 (all published), folio (540 x 380mm.), lithographed portrait of Arif Pacha on india paper mounted, 16 tinted lithographed plates after Arif, contemporary black half morocco, [Atabey 30; Blackmer 43], lacking lithographed title, portrait loose, text somewhat browned, plates somewhat spotted, somewhat dampstained at end, repairs to binding

Catalogue Note

A valuable and beautifully-illustrated survey of the costume worn at the court of the Ottoman Empire.