[OTTOMAN EMPIRE & RUSSIA] EYRIÈS Jean Baptiste Benoit, [La Turquie; Ou Costumes] TOGETHER WITH [La Russie; ou Costumes], Paris, Gide fils, 1815 – 1827. Very rare work. Lacking the title pages but COMPLETE the Turkey part, including all the 24 hand-coloured plates published, and almost complete for the Russia part including 23 of the 24 hand-coloured plates. In total the current copy includes 47 hand-coloured plates along with their corresponding descriptive text-sheets, all bound together in a single volume. Plate sequence is as follows. The Turkey part: 1-24, The Russia part: 1-8, 8bis, 10-15, 15*, 16*, 17, 17*, 18, 18*, 23, 24. These works were published as part of the series “Costumes Moeuurs et usages de touts le peoples”, between 1815 and 1827. The plates of the Ottoman Empire’s part are based on the drawings of the English designer Octavien Dalvimart, which according to Blackmer traveled to the Levant at the end of 18th century and took drawings on the spot. The French geographer Eyriès J. B. edits the texts accompanying the plates. Eyriès was member of the intellectual circles of his time, important collector of travel works and one of the founders of the Geographical Society of Paris. He collaborated with travel reviews, published several geographical works and translated travel accounts. Contemporary binding: leather spine with marbled boards worn along joints & extremities. Large tear on the separate “text-sheet” of the first plate (Turkey), with added paper covering part of the text on verso. Large tear on the second “plate-sheet” slightly touching the engraved area, paper added on verso. Light scratches on plate No. 24 (Turkey). Tear covered with paper on “text-sheets” of the forth & fifth plate-sheets (Russia). Tear covered with paper on sixth plate-sheet (Russia) not affecting the engraved area. Minor marginal tear on the upper edge of plate-sheet 17 (Russia). Spotting on the text-sheets.