Lot 68
De Launay (Marie) L'Architecture Ottomane, first edition, text in French and German with Persian at end, Constantinople, 1873.
Hammer Price: £1,400
Description
De Launay (Marie) L'Architecture Ottomane, first edition, text in French and German with Persian at end, 189 lithographs only (of 190, as often), some in colour, title with short tear at fore-edge, scattered faint spotting, mostly marginal, new endpapers, modern morocco with original cloth laid on upper cover, [Blackmer 956], folio, Constantinople, 1873.
⁂ "This interesting work illustrates important examples of Ottoman architecture and detailed elements from such buildings, including woodwork, carved stonework, ironwork, pavements, tiles, etc. The plates... have been produced photolithographically by Pascal Sebah, who established a photographic studio in Pera probably before 1870 and was well known as a photographer of sites in Constantinople and the Bosphorus" (Blackmer).
Description
De Launay (Marie) L'Architecture Ottomane, first edition, text in French and German with Persian at end, 189 lithographs only (of 190, as often), some in colour, title with short tear at fore-edge, scattered faint spotting, mostly marginal, new endpapers, modern morocco with original cloth laid on upper cover, [Blackmer 956], folio, Constantinople, 1873.
⁂ "This interesting work illustrates important examples of Ottoman architecture and detailed elements from such buildings, including woodwork, carved stonework, ironwork, pavements, tiles, etc. The plates... have been produced photolithographically by Pascal Sebah, who established a photographic studio in Pera probably before 1870 and was well known as a photographer of sites in Constantinople and the Bosphorus" (Blackmer).
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