80 - CHARLES DE FERRIOL: Abdildung des Turkischen Hofes nach den Gemalden welche Herr von Ferriol Kon. franzos. Ambassadeur zu Konstantinopel durch den geschickten niederlandischen Maler van Mour der Natur hat malen und in veilen Kupferplatten stechenlassen, mit 77 Kupfern. Nürnberg, 1789

CHARLES DE FERRIOL: Abdildung des Turkischen Hofes nach den Gemalden welche Herr von Ferriol Kon. franzos. Ambassadeur zu Konstantinopel durch den geschickten niederlandischen Maler van Mour der Natur hat malen und in veilen Kupferplatten stechenlassen, mit 77 Kupfern. Nürnberg, 1789 SECOND EDITION, completed with thirteen (13) additional plates from new sources. Large 4to, contemporary hardcovers, somewhat sunned. The text and plates are clean and bright. Complete with extra plates: title [12], 136 p., and in total seventy-nine (79) beautiful copper-engraved costumes and some views of the Levant (one folding 32 x 30 cm), two more than those announced. Overall a very good plus copy of a very rare edition. Most of the plates (66) are after drawings by J. B. Moor, a Dutch painter who resided in Constantinople in the early 18th century and produced remarkable paintings depicting the costumes of different Levantine nations. These are numbered. They were first published in Paris in 1715, and later in 1723 in a reduced format of 66 costumes by Weigel in Nuremberg. During the late 18th century wars of the Russians and Austrians against the Turks, Weigel prepared a new edition with the 66 costumes of the first edition, announcing eleven (11) more engravings, but in this particular copy thirteen (13) additional plates were finally added from other sources, appearing here for the first time. They include ten (10) more costumes, certainly from an unidentified source, two fine views of the Levant, and one folding plate with Ottoman standards. The costumes depict Albanians, Bulgarians, Wallachians, Tatars, and Heydouks, completing the representation of Levantine nations. A very rare edition with many extra costumes and plates.