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The Costume of Turkey, London: for William Miller by Howlett and Brimmer, 1804 [but 1823 or later] 2° (35 x 24.5cm.), text in English and French, hand-coloured aquatint title with vignette on English title by J. Jones, 60 hand-coloured costume plates by J. Dadley and W. Poole after Dalvimart some of which are watermarked 1823 (occasional light spotting and browning). cf. Blackmer 444; Colas 782; Abbey Travel 370 [bound with:]
[Thomas Charles Wageman]. The Military Costumes of Turkey. Illustrated by a series of engravings from drawings made on the spot, London: Thomas McLean, 1818. 2°, hand-coloured etched frontsipiece by Wageman, engraved additional title printed in sepia with large hand-coloured vignette heightened in gold, 29 hand-coloured engraved plates (some offsetting, occasional marginal browning, text for plate XXX with a few obvious repairs). cf. Abbey Travel 373; Blackmer 1125; Colas 2059; Vinet 2338.
2 works on one volume, contemporary red morocco gilt (spine lightly scuffed), g.e. Provenance: Jose Cochrane de Alencar (bookplate and inscription).
FIRST EDITION of Wageman's The Military Costume of Turkey. The frontispiece is a portrait of the dedicatee, 'His Excellency Antonaki Ramadani, minister of the Ottoman Porte to his Britannic Majesty.' The additional title carries the imprint of Thomas McLean who had already taken over William Miller's copyrights, and presumably stocks, by the time the first edition was published in 1818.
The Costume of Turkey, London: for William Miller by Howlett and Brimmer, 1804 [but 1823 or later] 2° (35 x 24.5cm.), text in English and French, hand-coloured aquatint title with vignette on English title by J. Jones, 60 hand-coloured costume plates by J. Dadley and W. Poole after Dalvimart some of which are watermarked 1823 (occasional light spotting and browning). cf. Blackmer 444; Colas 782; Abbey Travel 370 [bound with:]
[Thomas Charles Wageman]. The Military Costumes of Turkey. Illustrated by a series of engravings from drawings made on the spot, London: Thomas McLean, 1818. 2°, hand-coloured etched frontsipiece by Wageman, engraved additional title printed in sepia with large hand-coloured vignette heightened in gold, 29 hand-coloured engraved plates (some offsetting, occasional marginal browning, text for plate XXX with a few obvious repairs). cf. Abbey Travel 373; Blackmer 1125; Colas 2059; Vinet 2338.
2 works on one volume, contemporary red morocco gilt (spine lightly scuffed), g.e. Provenance: Jose Cochrane de Alencar (bookplate and inscription).
FIRST EDITION of Wageman's The Military Costume of Turkey. The frontispiece is a portrait of the dedicatee, 'His Excellency Antonaki Ramadani, minister of the Ottoman Porte to his Britannic Majesty.' The additional title carries the imprint of Thomas McLean who had already taken over William Miller's copyrights, and presumably stocks, by the time the first edition was published in 1818.
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