RECUEIL DE CENT ESTAMPES REPRESENTANT DIFFERENTES NATIONS DU LEVANT, GRAVÉES SUR LES TABLEAUX PEINTS D'APRÈS NATURE EN 1707 & 1708 (with) EXPLICATION DES CENTS ESTAMPES QUI REPRESENTENT LES COSTUMES DES DIFFERENT NATIONS DU LEVANT. AVEC DE NOUVELLES ESTAMPES DE CEREMONIES TURQUES QUI ONT AUSSI LEURS EXPLICATIONS.

LE HAY, JACQUES 1645-1713 and de FERRIOL, CHARLES 1652-1722.

Verlag: Paris chez Le Hay and Duchange, and Jacques Collombat. 1714-1715., 1714

Beschreibung

Folio 19 x 13 1/2 inches, full period calf, spine repaired. 2 parts in one volume. Engraved title, (iv) pages and 102 FINE ENGRAVED PLATES (3 double page) plus one engraved sheet of music. 2nd title page to Explication and 26 pages of descriptive text. One leaf of text repaired in the blank margin. Complete. Fine dark impressions of these iconic costumes plates of the peoples and customs of the Levant in the eighteenth century. The females and males being equally represented. A good copy. Commissioned by Charles de Ferriol French ambassador to the Porte between 1699 and 1709, Le Hay's work was widely appreciated and became the template for future prints of regional costumes of this area. The Levant - a large area of the Eastern Mediterranean including Turkey and the Greek Islands. Reference Atabey 430; Blackmer 591: Colas 1819-1820. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6217

Bibliografische Details

Titel: RECUEIL DE CENT ESTAMPES REPRESENTANT ...

Verlag: Paris chez Le Hay and Duchange, and Jacques Collombat. 1714-1715.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1714

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good