Yale Center for British Art

Title:
The military costume of Turkey : illustrated by a series of engravings, from drawings made on the spot.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by W. Lewis, Finch-Lane, published by Thomas M'Lean, Haymarket, [not before 1819]
Physical Description:
[4], viii, [31] leaves, [2], 30 leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
UC485.T9 M5 1819+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
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:
Turkey. Ordu -- Uniforms. | Military uniforms. | Turkey -- Army -- Uniforms. | M'Lean, Thomas -- Publisher. | Lewis, W. -- Printer. | Lumsden, Harry Niven, Sir -- Bookplate. | Niven, Rachel -- Pres. insc. from Harry Niven Lumsden. | Lumsden, Harry Niven -- Pres. insc. to Rachel Niven. | Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1819.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1819.
Contributors:
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863, engraver. | Wageman, Thomas Charles, approximately 1787–1863, engraver.