30th Oct, 2019 10:00

A Middle Eastern Journey

 
  Lot 92
 

TEN TINTED ENGRAVINGS ON THE COSTUMES AND ETHNICITY FROM THE EAST France and England, 18th century, after Jean Baptiste Van Mour (1671-1737)  Comprising ten tinted engravings after Jean Baptiste Van Mour's Recueil de Cent Estampes Representant Differentes Nations du Levant (1714), each vertical composition showcasing different costumes and fashion of the Ottoman Empire, below each depiction explanatory caption, plate number, engravers' name and legitimisation Avec Privil. du Roi, one engraved by C. N. Cochin sculp.; three by J. Haussard sculp.; and six by G. Scotin maj. sculp, mounted, glazed and framed, 58.5cm x 46.5cm each.

Sold for £1,600

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