- 275
Le Hay, - and Charles de Ferriol.
Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant, gravées sur les tableaux peints d'après nature en 1707 & 1708. Par les ordres de M. de Ferriol ambassadeur du roi à la Porte; et mis au jour en 1712 & 1713. Paris: chez Basan graveur, 1714 [but c.1715]
- paper
Folio (507 x 320mm.), engraved throughout, comprising: title with preface by Cars on verso, 'Anecdotes' (pp.I-II), 'Explication des figures' (pp.III-XIV), leaf of music (printed recto only), and 102 plates (3 double-page), all with fine old hand colouring, heightened with gold and with mica chips, contemporary French mottled calf, 3 line gilt border to covers, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges, [cf. Blackmer 59; Cohen-de Ricci 392; Colas 1819-20; Atabey 430], very minor occasional spotting, spine skillfully repaired at head and foot, a little splitting to joints, extremities slightly rubbed
Provenance
Lord Colchester, gift to the Constitutional Club Library, 1887 (bookplate); C. Robert Bignold (bookplate)
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
A beautifully hand-coloured copy, heightened with gold and mica chips to simulate jewels in buckles and finery. This is arguably the greatest colour-plate book of the Ottoman Empire. 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, Indians, Arabs and Moors.
The engravings were commissioned by Charles de Ferriol (1652-1722), French ambassador to the Porte between 1699 and 1709, after drawings by the Flemish artist J.B. van Mour, who lived and worked in Constantinople during the first half of the eighteenth century. It has been suggested that van Mour went to Constantinople in the entourage of Ferriol in 1699. A large proportion of his art work was commissioned by the then Dutch ambassador to the Porte, Cornelis Calkoen, some of which are now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
This is the second edition by Cars and Basan. "There is... [an] edition, with engraved letterpress, issued by Laurent Cars and the engraver Basan, who presumably was responsible for the engraved text. Although the Cars edition is dated 1714, it must have appeared after the 1715 text since there are references to the text in Cars' preface" (Atabey).
The engravings were commissioned by Charles de Ferriol (1652-1722), French ambassador to the Porte between 1699 and 1709, after drawings by the Flemish artist J.B. van Mour, who lived and worked in Constantinople during the first half of the eighteenth century. It has been suggested that van Mour went to Constantinople in the entourage of Ferriol in 1699. A large proportion of his art work was commissioned by the then Dutch ambassador to the Porte, Cornelis Calkoen, some of which are now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
This is the second edition by Cars and Basan. "There is... [an] edition, with engraved letterpress, issued by Laurent Cars and the engraver Basan, who presumably was responsible for the engraved text. Although the Cars edition is dated 1714, it must have appeared after the 1715 text since there are references to the text in Cars' preface" (Atabey).