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CASTELLAN, Antoine-Laurent (1772-1838)

Lot 166
13.07.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 166 | CASTELLAN, Antoine-Laurent (1772-1838)
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CASTELLAN, Antoine-Laurent (1772-1838)

Mœurs, usages, costumes des Othomans, et abrégé de leur histoire... Paris: Nepveu, 1812.

First edition, one of a few copies on fine vellum paper with the figures coloured by hand. The plates 'depict the costumes of the functionaries of the Ottoman court; there are also illustrations of arms, standards and other objects as well as an interesting section on music and dance' (Blackmer). Architect, painter, water-colourist and engraver, Castellan, made several journeys to Switzerland, Italy and the Ottoman Empire. He was official artist for the mission of the engineer Ferregeau to the court of Sultan Selim III, spending several months in Constantinople in 1797. Castellan was a prolific draftsman making records of all he saw whilst in Constantinople and also became a portrait painter of society figures, which he transcribed in the numerous works he published on his return to France. Atabey 204; Blackmer 300; Bobins IV, 1254-4; Brunet I, 1225-1227; Colas 545.



6 tomes in 3 volumes(134 x 84mm). 6 contemporary hand-coloured engraved frontispieces, (the first highlighted in gold) and 66 engraved plates coloured by a contemporary hand (without the ‘avis relatif à l’ortographe des mots arabes’ called for in Colas only, light age toning very rare marginal spotting). Contemporary quarter calf over mottled paper boards, spines with gilt and black ruled raised bands, tan morocco labels gilt, all edges marbled. Provenance: Marquis de Lurcy-Lévis, Baron de Champoux et de Montvrin (engraved armorial bookplate).





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