Dalvimart was a British artist who traveled widely through Turkey in about 1798 and he produced this costume book from his own observations.
Engraved hand coloured title and 60 hand-colored plates each with separate page of description in English and French attributed to William Alexander. Added title page in French: Costume de la Turquie.
Colored stipple engravings by J. Dadley and William Poole; after Octavian Dalvimart.
[134] p., LX leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
References:
Bobins I 130; Abbey Travel 370. Colas, R. Costume, 782; Hiler, H. Bibliography of costume, p. 213; Lipperheidesche Kostümbibliothek (2. Aufl.), Lb37
Publisher: London: William Miller, Old Bond Street, by T. Bensley, Fleet Street, 1802.
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Date Added: 2019-05-08
The Costume of Turkey. London: William Miller, Old Bond Street, by T. Bensley, Fleet Street, 1802.. 1802.
(1802) The Costume of Turkey. London: William Miller, Old Bond Street, by T. Bensley, Fleet Street, 1802..
The Costume of Turkey. London: William Miller, Old Bond Street, by T. Bensley, Fleet Street, 1802.. 1802.