[OTTOMAN EMPIRE - COSTUME PRINTS] DALVIMART, OCTAVIEN.

A Dervise [or Dervish] of Syria.

London. W. Miller. 1802. Stock ID #219553

Hand-coloured engraving, 34.7 x 25.9 cms (sheet including plate-mark), edge toning, but in very good condition.

Attractive large image of a Dervise or Dervish prepared as Plate XXX for Dalvimart's work "The Costume of Turkey".
"Dalvimart's is one of the basic works on Turkish costume, which has provided the prototypes for numerous other illustrative material. It is known that Dalvimart travelled in Turkey and Greece in 1797-8" (Atabey).

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Price: $125.00 AU

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