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[Histoire générale des Turcs, 1662]
Set of 47 engravings aft…
See original version (French)
212
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[Histoire générale des Turcs, 1662]
Set of 47 engravings aft…
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
[Histoire générale des Turcs, 1662]
Set of 47 engravings after Nicolas de Nicolay
From the work entitled Histoire générale des Tvrcs, contenant l'histoire de Chalcondyle, 1662 edition by François Eudes de Mézeray France, Paris, 1662.
Format: 24.8 x 15 cm. They are glued at the corners and presented in a folder with a window cut to the size of the engraving, which hides its irregularly cut contours.
The text of the work is printed on the reverse.
These engravings, poorly cut (irregular and clumsily done), without margins, reduced to the single engraving, bear the following inscriptions:
- No. 3: The Turkish Emperor on his throne.
- No. 4: Codilesque No. 3 - Aga, Captain General of the Jannissaries.
- N° 5 : Codilesque n° 4 - Codilesquer.
- N° 6 : Boluch Bassi, Captain of one hundred Jannissaires.
- N° 7 : Solachi or Solacher, ordinary archer of the Great Lord's guard.
- N° 10: Azzappi. Small tear not missing. 2 small wet spots.
- N° 13: Peich or Peicher, of Persian nation, lackey of the Great Lord. 3 small wet spots.
- N° 14: Habit et manière ancienne des Peich ou Laquais du grand Seigneur.
- N° 15: Plevianders luytants [Turkish wrestlers].
- N° 16: Pleviandiers luyteurs.
- N° 19: Turkish cook.
- N° 21: Jewish doctor.
- N° 22: Turkish religious Iomailer (?).
- N° 23: Calender, Turkish cleric.
- N° 24: Dervis, Turkish cleric.
- N° 27: Emir, relative of Mahomet.
- N° 29 : Sacchaz, of Moresque nation, pilgrim, water carrier from Mecca.
- N° 30 : Persian gentleman.
- N° 31: Greek gentleman.
- N° 32: Greek merchant.
- N° 33: Jewish merchant.
- N° 34: Armenian merchant.
- No. 35: Ragusej merchant.
- N° 37: Arab merchant.
- N° 38: Slave more.
- N° 39: Turkish lady.
- N° 40: Turkish woman going to the bath.
- N° 41: Nice Turkish woman in their house or Sarail.
- N° 42: Middle-aged Turkish woman in her bedroom.
- N° 43: A Turkish woman going through the town.
- N° 44: Turkish woman leading her children.
- N° 45: Turkish woman.
- N° 46 : A Greek woman of state, from the town of Pera.
- N° 47: Nice Franconian Perotte (?) woman.
- N° 49: Greek Estateswoman, from the town of Pera.
- N° 50 : Greek Estateswoman from Andrinople, a town in Thrace.
- N° 51 : Jewish woman from Andrinople.
- N° 52 : Jewish girl from Andrinople.
- N° 53: Greek village woman.
- N° 54: Woman from Macedonia.
- N° 55: Woman from the Isle of Chio.
- N° 56: Girl from the town of Chio.
- N° 57 : Girl from the town of Paras, in Archipelago.
- N° 61 : Moresque woman from Tripoly, in Barbary.
- N° 62 : More woman from Algiers, in Barbary, going to town.
- N° 63: Moorish slave girl, in Algiers, a town in Barbary.
- Turkish joye girl.
The references are those given in the collection of the Prince of Liechtenstein.
In spite of the defects noted, the whole is homogeneous.
Expert : Jean-Michel Belle.
See original version (French)
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About the sale
A collector's world tour: Asian and Oriental art
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06/25/2026 at 11:00 AM
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