Details
CASTELLAN, Antoine Laurent. Moeurs, usages, costumes des Othomans, et abrégé de leur histoire. Paris: Nepveu, 1812. 6 volumes. 18° (133 x 81mm). 72 hand-coloured plates. (Occasional light spotting.) Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, elaborately gilt, (minimal scuffing at extremities), g.e., by Meslant, stamped at foot of spine.
FIRST EDITION. The plates depict costume, music dance, writing instruments, etc. of the Ottoman court. With the misspelling éclaircissements on titles. Blackmer 300.
[With:]
La Suisse en miniature. N.p., n.d. [ca. 1840]. 5 volumes. 24° (114 x 70mm). 40 coloured plates. (Very occasional light spotting.) Original printed wrappers. The plates derive from costume illustrations of König and Lory. Longchamp, Manuel du Bibliophile Suisse, 2832. (10)
FIRST EDITION. The plates depict costume, music dance, writing instruments, etc. of the Ottoman court. With the misspelling éclaircissements on titles. Blackmer 300.
[With:]
La Suisse en miniature. N.p., n.d. [ca. 1840]. 5 volumes. 24° (114 x 70mm). 40 coloured plates. (Very occasional light spotting.) Original printed wrappers. The plates derive from costume illustrations of König and Lory. Longchamp, Manuel du Bibliophile Suisse, 2832. (10)