![[DALVIMART, Octavien]. The Costume of Turkey. London: by T. Bensley for William Miller, 1802 [text watermarked 1796, plates watermaked 1802]. 2° (350 x 265mm). Title in French and English, hand-coloured stipple-engraved vignette on English title, text in English and French, 60 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates by Dadley and William Poole after Dalvimart. (Occasional faint spotting and offsetting.) Contemporary diced russia, marbled endpapers, marbled edges (worn, covers detached). Provenance: Manner & Miller (contemporary Edinburgh bookseller's ticket) -- evidence of bookplate removed.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_07558_0192_000(dalvimart_octavien_the_costume_of_turkey_london_by_t_bensley_for_willi123956).jpg?w=1)
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[DALVIMART, Octavien]. The Costume of Turkey. London: by T. Bensley for William Miller, 1802 [text watermarked 1796, plates watermaked 1802]. 2° (350 x 265mm). Title in French and English, hand-coloured stipple-engraved vignette on English title, text in English and French, 60 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates by Dadley and William Poole after Dalvimart. (Occasional faint spotting and offsetting.) Contemporary diced russia, marbled endpapers, marbled edges (worn, covers detached). Provenance: Manner & Miller (contemporary Edinburgh bookseller's ticket) -- evidence of bookplate removed.
FRESH, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. This work has text based on various sources (d'Ohsson [see lot 123], Dallaway, Tott, etc.). According to the preface, Dalvimart travelled in Turkey in about 1798 and made drawings on the spot. He was certainly in Athens in 1797, but little else is known of his life and works. Colas 782; Lipperheide 1422; cf. Abbey Travel 370; cf. Blackmer 444 (late reprint).
FRESH, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. This work has text based on various sources (d'Ohsson [see lot 123], Dallaway, Tott, etc.). According to the preface, Dalvimart travelled in Turkey in about 1798 and made drawings on the spot. He was certainly in Athens in 1797, but little else is known of his life and works. Colas 782; Lipperheide 1422; cf. Abbey Travel 370; cf. Blackmer 444 (late reprint).