OCTAVIEN DALVIMART (METİNLER; WILLIAM MILLER) – THE MILITARY COSTUMES OF TURKEY
First edition. Thomas M’Lean, London, 1818. 36.5x26.5 cm. 30 full-page hand-coloured engravings. In a luxury all-leather binding of its period, with gilt inscriptions and ornaments on the spine and covers, and gilded page edges. Abbey Travel 373, Colas 2059.
A MASTERPIECE CONTAINING 30 COLORED ENGRAVINGS ABOUT OTTOMAN MILITARY COSTUMES IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY BY THE FAMOUS ENGRAVING ARTIST OCTAVIEN DALVIMART… ACCOMPANIED BY EXPLANATIONS WRITTEN BY WILLIAM MILLER…
Estimate:50.000TL - 70.000TL