[Costume] - [Ottoman costumes], 1715. Suite of 4 handcol. engravings, +/- 35,5 x 24,7 cm (large margins); engr. French titles, names and numb. Framed (not unframed). Margins somewhat fox., otherwise good set
Estimation :
€300/500
Adjudication :
260 €
Description
Kasseki officier des Bostangis, engr. by Scotin, numb. 19. - Juif, by B. Baron, numb 63. - armenien de Perse, by P. Rochefort, numb. 89. - Persan, by G. Scotin, numb. 90. All based on paintings made for marquis de Ferriol, French ambassador to the Porte, publ. in “recueil de cent estampes représentant differentes Nations du Levant, gravées sur les Tableaux peints d’après Nature en 1707 & 1708”, Paris: 1715. Those engr. are basic prototypes for Levantine costume plates. With a certificate issued in 1967 by the Paris expert Paul Prouté. Ref. Atabey 429-430.
