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Title(s)
The military costume of Turkey : illustrated by a series of engravings, from drawings made on the spot.
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Published/Created
London : Printed by W. Lewis, Finch-Lane, published by Thomas M'Lean, Haymarket, [not before 1819]
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Physical Description
[4], viii, [31] leaves, [2], 30 leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
UC485.T9 M5 1819+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Colored engraving by and after Thomas Charles Wageman. Colored aquatints by John Heaviside Clark.
Added engraved title page dated Jan. 1, 1818.
Text printed from a different setting of type than the edition with letterpress title page dated 1818 (B.R. Howlett, printer).
Each plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive text.
Colas, R. Bibliographie générale du costume et de la mode, 2059
Hiler, H. Bibliography of costume, p. 613
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 373
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Plates watermarked 1819/1820. Bookplate: Sir Harry Niven Lumsden. Presentation inscription: Rachel Niven from her affection brother Harry Niven Lumsden. -
Subject Terms
Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1819. | Lewis, W. -- Printer. | Lumsden, Harry Niven -- Pres. insc. to Rachel Niven. | Lumsden, Harry Niven, Sir -- Bookplate. | M'Lean, Thomas -- Publisher. | Military uniforms. | Niven, Rachel -- Pres. insc. from Harry Niven Lumsden. | Turkey -- Army -- Uniforms. | Turkey. Ordu -- Uniforms.
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