The military costume of Turkey, illustrated by a series of engravings

folio (362 x 260 mm.). (plate XVI and descriptive text of plate XV detached, plate XXIII almost detached, faint offsetting of the plates to opposite text leaves, mild foxing to some text leaves). Printed on paper watermarked «J. Whatman / 1835», engraved frontispiece, 30 hand-colored aquatints (including the extra title, that bears the date 1818), and 30 leaves with descriptive text. Contemporary red morocco (minor wear, spine and edges gilt, gold and blind tooling to the covers, inner dentelles, ex-libris Γεωργίου Ζαρίφη). Cf. Blackmer 1125, Atabey 812 & 813, Colas 2059. Title: The military costume of Turkey, illustrated by a series of engravings from drawings made on the spot. Publication info: Λονδίνο, «printed for William Miller, Old Bond-Street, by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-Row, St. James's», [μετά το 1835].

Stima:€600

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