COSTUMES TURKEY, PICTURESQUE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE DRESS AND MANNERS OF THE TURKS, JOHN MURRAY, LONDON, 1814

Illustrated in 60 aquatint coloured engravings with descriptions, published for John Murray by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland Row, bound in leather- backed marbled boards, gilt decorated spine, raised bands, marbled papers for end papers,

23.7 x 17cm 

The Costume of Turkey (1804) was one of a series of six folio costume books featuring foreign dress published by William Miller in the early 19th- century, with hand-coloured stipple- engraved plates after drawings made in 1798 by Octavien d'Alvimart. In 1814, publisher John Murray bought out Miller's plate-book business, and issued a series of seven costume books in royal octavo, including the present volume on Turkey. This copy is the first edition of John Murray’s publication.