Lot 155
FOUR HAND-COLOURED ENGRAVED PRINTS OF COSTUMES OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
ONFROY, PARIS, 1775
Auction: 28 March 2012 at 12:00 BST
£688
Description
the subjects comprising Marchand Arabe, Marchand Caramaniens, le Bostangi-Bachi, and Emaum, taken from Recueil des differents costumes des principaux Officiers et Magistrats de la Porte; et des peuples sujets de l'Empire Othoman, tels que les Grecs, les Armeniens, les Arabes, les Egyptiens, les Macédoniens, les Juifs &c., framed (4)
Dimensions
19cm wide, 31cm high (sight size)
Footnote
Note: The ninety six plates from this book were compiled from several earlier sources, with many related to prototypes from Nicolas de Nicolay's 1576 Navigations et pérégrinations orientales. The very rare complete bound set of plates sold Christie's New York, 24 June 2009 for $104,500.