The military costume of Turkey. Illustrated by a series of engravings, from drawings made on the spot.

Folio.

Cardboard binding, marbled paper on covers, title label on front cover.

First edition of this well-known work. Ill. with a hand-coloured engr. front. being a portrait of the dedicatee, "His Excellency Antonaki Ramadani, minister of the Ottoman Porte to His Britannic Majesty", an engr. additional title printed in sepia with a large hand-coloured aquatint vign. and 28 hand-coloured aquatint pl.
Ref. Abbey travel 373. - Colas 2059. - Blackmer 1125. - Lipperheide 2388.