OSMANLI HAKKINDA KİTAPLAR

ELBICEI ATIKA
MUSÉE DES ANCIENS COSTUMES TURCS DE CONSTANTINOPLE

BRINDESI, Jean

Paris, Lemercier, 1855

First Edition, Folio, 48 x 35.6 cm.

lithographed title printed in gold and tints, and 22 lithographed plates by REIGNIER, BETTANIER, LEMAINE, BOUR and others after BRINDESI. Printed in colors and highlighted with gold.

EST…20.000 USD

The subjects illustrate costumes from OTTOMAN court during the reign of Mahmoud II (1808-1839). Elbicei Atika was the name of a museum of costume in Constantinople, originally in the Seraglio Armoury. Mahmoud II in ceremonial dress is one of the subjects in Plate 1.