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Ottoman Costumes. DE FERRIOL. Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes Nations du Levant tirées [..]

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Ottoman Costumes. DE FERRIOL. Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes Nations du Levant tirées [..]
1714-1715

 
FERRIOL, Charles; de - LE HAY, Jacques. Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes Nations du Levant tirées sur les Tableaux peints d'après Nature en 1707 et 1708. 
Paris, Le Hay, Ducange, 1714 – Jacques Collombat, 1715

2 opere in un volume in-folio grande. 495x320 mm. Legatura coeva in pelle marmorizzata, titolo e fregi in oro al dorso, fogli di guardia marmorizzati policromi, tagli rossi. Frontespizio inciso con data 1714, pagine 4 non numerate, tavole incise numerate 1-100, ultima su doppia pagina, 2 tavole su doppia pagina non numerate, 1 tavola incisa con musica a piena pagina; secondo Frontespizio a stampa con data 1715, pagine 26. In totale 103 tavole incise, di cui 3 su doppia pagina. Ex-Libris al contropiatto “Lallemant de Betz”. Ottimo restauro alle testate e agli angoli. Restauro al margine del piatto 99. Bell’esemplare.

Prima edizione magnificamente figurata. Il più grande libro illustrato dell'Impero Ottomano, con ritratti e scene di vita ottomana, che influenzò significativamente la percezione europea della cultura ottomana e diede inizio alla moda delle turcherie nell'arte rococò. 
Le tavole sono incise su rame da P. Simonneau, G Scotin, J. Hussard, Cochin e altri, sui disegni del pittore fiammingo-francese Jean Baptiste Vanmour o Van Mour, 1671 – 1737, celebre soprattutto per la sua rappresentazione dettagliata della vita nell'Impero ottomano durante l'era dei tulipani e il governo del sultano Ahmed III. 
Blackmer: “The plates are after drawings by J. B. Van Mour who was established in Constantinople for many years during the first half of the 18th c. It has been suggested that he came to Constantinople in 1699, possibly as part of Ferriol's entourage. He is known to have died there in 1737 at the age of 66. Much of his work was done for Cornelius Calkoen, who was Dutch ambassador to the Porte, and some of these paintings are now to be found in the Amsterdam Rijkmuseum. This publication certainly contained the most popular and influential illustrations of Turkish dress to date. Its use as a source book was wide-spread.”
La seconda opera, che contiene la descrizione delle illustrazioni, reca proprio Frontespizio con data 1715 e titolo “Explication des cent estampes qui représentent différentes nations du Levant. Avec de nouvelles estampes de cérémonies turques qui ont aussi leurs explications”.
In questo esemplare le tre tavole addizionali, 101, 102 e pagina di musica, che furono pubblicate nell’edizione dell’Explication del 1715, sono state montate alla fine della prima opera, dopo la tavola 100.
Bella copia in legatura coeva, proveniente dalla biblioteca di Michel Joseph Hyacinthe Lallemant de Betz (1693-1773), fermier général e collezionista, la cui collezione di stampe fu aggiunta al Cabinet des estampes de la Bibliothèque royale nel 1753.
Atabey 429; Blackmer 591; Colas 1819-20; Brunet III, 947-8; Cohen-de Ricci p. 392; Lipperheide 413, 414.

Condition Report

FERRIOL, Charles; de - LE HAY, Jacques. Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes Nations du Levant tirées sur les Tableaux peints d'après Nature en 1707 et 1708. 
Paris, Le Hay, Ducange, 1714 – Jacques Collombat, 1715

Two works in a volume in large Folio. 495x320 mm. Contemporary full marbled leather binding, gilt title and ornaments on spine, marbled polychrome endpapers, red edges. Engraved title-page with date 1714, 4 unnumbered pages, numbered plates 1-100, last on double page, two plates on unnumbered double page, one engraved plate with music on full page; second printed title-page 1715, 26 pages. In total 103 engraved plates, 3 on double page. Ex-Libris on the inside-cover “Lallemant de Betz”. Fine restoration to headpieces and corners. Restoration to edge of plate 99. Nice copy.

Beautifully illustrated first edition. The most remarkable illustrated book of the Ottoman Empire, with portraits and scenes of Ottoman life, which significantly influenced the European perception of Ottoman culture and initiated the fashion for Turks in Rococo art. 
The plates are copper-engraved by P. Simonneau, G Scotin, J. Hussard, Cochin and others, based on the drawings of the Flemish-French painter Jean Baptiste Vanmour or Van Mour, 1671 - 1737, who is especially famous for his detailed depiction of life in the Ottoman Empire during the Tulip Era and the rule of Sultan Ahmed III.
Blackmer: “The plates are after drawings by J. B. Van Mour who was established in Constantinople for many years during the first half of the 18th c. It has been suggested that he came to Constantinople in 1699, possibly as part of Ferriol's entourage. He is known to have died there in 1737 at the age of 66. Much of his work was done for Cornelius Calkoen, who was Dutch ambassador to the Porte, and some of these paintings are now to be found in the Amsterdam Rijkmuseum. This publication certainly contained the most popular and influential illustrations of Turkish dress to date. Its use as a source book was wide-spread.”
The second work, which contains a description of the illustrations, bears its own title page with the date 1715 and the title ‘Explication des cent estampes qui représentent différentes nations du Levant. Avec de nouvelles estampes de cérémonies turques qui ont aussi leurs explications'.
In this copy, the three additional plates, 101, 102 and the music page, which were published in the 1715 edition of the Explication, have been mounted at the end of the first work, after plate 100.
A fine copy in contemporary binding, from the library of Michel Joseph Hyacinthe Lallemant de Betz (1693-1773), fermier général and collector, whose collection of prints was added to the Cabinet des estampes de la Bibliothèque royale in 1753.
Atabey 429; Blackmer 591; Colas 1819-20; Brunet III, 947-8; Cohen-de Ricci p. 392; Lipperheide 413, 414.

Bibliografia

Atabey 429; Blackmer 591; Colas 1819-20; Brunet III, 947-8; Cohen-de Ricci p. 392; Lipperheide 413, 414.
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