Lot 08046

“Miniaturgemälde aus der Länder… Die Osmanen, Konstantinopel und der türkische Staat“, Leipzig 1828. Second complete enlarged edition. Two (2) volumes  bound in one. 12mo  vol.3: pp.223, vol.4: pp.245, with 12 fine engraved plates, of which 3 folding. Contemporary binding, rubbed, light creasing on 3 plates. An overview of the Ottoman society in the late 18th – early 19th century combining observations of the important travelers Hammer, Muradja d`Ohsson, Neale, Pertusier, Forbin. Not in Atabey or Blackmer. Rare.