![254 Levant.- Brindesi (Jean) Elbicei Atika Musée des Anciens Costumes Turcs de Constantinople, first edition, Paris, Lemercier, [c.1855]](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/08b2fd48-6cf0-f011-8405-6045bd13674b/692a20cf-c313-f111-8405-7c1e5279d86b.webp "254 Levant.- Brindesi (Jean) Elbicei Atika Musée des Anciens Costumes Turcs de Constantinople, first edition, Paris, Lemercier, [c.1855]")
Lot 254
Levant.- Brindesi (Jean) Elbicei Atika Musée des Anciens Costumes Turcs de Constantinople, first edition, Paris, Lemercier, [c.1855]
Hammer Price: £2,800
Description
Levant.- Brindesi (Jean) Elbicei Atika Musée des Anciens Costumes Turcs de Constantinople, first edition, chromolithograph title and 22 lithographs printed in colour with some hand-colouring, tissue-guards, occasional spotting (as often), bookplate, later half morocco, a little rubbed, [Atabey 151; Blackmer 206; Bobins 121], folio, Paris, Lemercier, [c.1855]
⁂ Provenance: Bookplate of Sefik E. Atabey.
"This collection of plates depicts the costume of the Ottoman court. Although Brindesi's work has not been reprinted, it has reappeared in other forms, including an album of early photographs made from these plates now in the Gennadius Library. Nothing seems to be known of Brindesi." (Atabey)
Description
Levant.- Brindesi (Jean) Elbicei Atika Musée des Anciens Costumes Turcs de Constantinople, first edition, chromolithograph title and 22 lithographs printed in colour with some hand-colouring, tissue-guards, occasional spotting (as often), bookplate, later half morocco, a little rubbed, [Atabey 151; Blackmer 206; Bobins 121], folio, Paris, Lemercier, [c.1855]
⁂ Provenance: Bookplate of Sefik E. Atabey.
"This collection of plates depicts the costume of the Ottoman court. Although Brindesi's work has not been reprinted, it has reappeared in other forms, including an album of early photographs made from these plates now in the Gennadius Library. Nothing seems to be known of Brindesi." (Atabey)
Related Lots
Back To Auction Catalogue
Newsletter Signup
Keyword Alerts
You can now save your preferences to receive emails, or create a free lite account which gives you more features.
Would you like to receive personalised keyword alerts when new catalogues go live. If so, please indicate these below
Set a password to save your keyword alerts
Passwords are a minimum of 7 characters and must include an upper case letter, a lower case letter, a number and a special character.
Newsletter