Dalvimart, Octavien
£1,500
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 31 August 2016 at 12:00 BST
Description
The Military Costume of Turkey. London: Thomas McLean, 1818. First edition, folio (360 x 260mm.), half title, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, pictorial title and 29 hand-coloured aquatint plates by John H. Clark after Dalvimart, some plates watermarked J. Whatman 1817 and one 1804, contemporary blue full straight grained morocco gilt, slightly raised bands to elaborately gilt spine, triple gilt rule borders enclosing floral gilt design and blind border, a.e.g.