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‎FENERCI MEHMED. Ottoman costume book: Fenerci Mehmed. Osmanli kiyafetleri: Fenerci Mehmed albümü. Edited by Ilhami Turan. Istanbul: Vehbi Koc Vakfi, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. 4to. (33 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish. 31 p., 96 numerous color plates. Ottoman costume book. Fenerci Mehmed.Osmanli kiyafetleri. Fenerci Mehmed albümü. Edited by Ilhami Turan. A facsimile edition of Osmanli Kiyafetleri by Fenerci Mehmed, the original of which is in the private collection of Rahmi M. Koc. From the 15th Century on, Europeans attempted to become acquainted with the Turks, who were the representatives of a growing and ever more powerful unknown world. The structure, daily life, religion, and clothing of Ottoman society, which were so totally different from their own, were the objects of an inexhaustible curiosity. Over the centuries, it was this curiosity which made it the goal of Europeans who came to Turkey to depict in words or in pictures the impressions which they acquired during the course of their visits. It was also in this way that the costume books which they had prepared by local artists to provide more accurate information were born. This work, which is more of these albums representing various types from among government officials and various sectors of the populace in the Ottoman Empire as well as their clothing whose date an place of production as well as whose artist are known, is being offered to the world of art and science for the first time in the form of this publication Good condition‎

‎Colonials In South Africa, 1899-1902: Being The Services Of The Various Irregular Corps Raised In South Africa And The Contingents From Australia, ... In Despatches With Related Honours And Awards‎

‎ Cartonn sous jaquette bon tat .Contenu propre . Jaquette lgrement jaunie . 497 pages . PHOTOS SUR DEMANDE ‎

‎The modern traveller being a collection of useful and entertaining travels, lately made into various countries; the whole carefully abridged : exhibiting a view of the manners, religion, government, arts, agriculture, manufactures, and commerce of the known world Illustrated with maps and ornamental views.‎

‎London, Printed for T. Lowndes, 1776-1777. 5 volumes in-12 (sur 6) de [4]-282-[2]; [4]-283; [4]-284; [2]-285-[3] et [2]-287 pages, plein veau blond, dos à 5 petits nerfs ornés de filets, roulettes, tomaison et titre dorés, étiquettes de titre bordeaux, roulette dorée sur les coupes. dos frottés, petit manque à 2 coiffes supérieures, un mors fendu sur 2 cm au vol.4, 2 petits manques de peau au vol. 2, 2 ex-libris par volume. ‎

‎Illustré de 19 hors-textes en noir, soit 12 planches dont 6 dépliantes et 1 avec carte et 5 cartes dépliantes. Le volume 1 manque. ‎

‎Things Japanese - Being Notes on various subjects connected with Japan - For the use of travellers and others‎

‎London, John Murray, Kelly & Walsh, 1905 , fifth revised edition. 1 volume in-8, cloth boards, VI-552 pp., with a very large folding colour map of Japan in fine, endpapers and totle page slightly browned, fresh and clean inside, overall a good copy.‎

‎A classical work on Japan and japense culture by Chamberlain, emeritus Professor of japanese and philology in the Imperail University of Tokyo.‎

‎The Asiatic Islands and New Holland : being a description of the manners, customs, character, and state of society of the various tribes by which they are inhabites. ‎

‎London : R. Ackermann, 1824, 2 volumes in one in-12 (135x75mm), 2ff.-VII—1f.-291pp.-1f.-289pp., sans reliure, illustré de 21 (26) planches en couleurs. ‎

‎Ce livre illustré, bien que publié séparément, faisait également partie de la série « Le monde en miniature », publiée par Ackermann entre 1821 et 1825, qui comptait quarante-trois volumes et couvrait la plupart des régions du monde, répondant à une demande d'informations sur des lieux exotiques. Les délicieuses planches colorées comprennent des études sur les aborigènes australiens, dont certaines sont reconnaissables comme provenant des publications de voyage de Baudin ou de Freycinet. M2-Et3 ‎