The costume of Turkey, : illustrated by a series of engravings; with descriptions in English and French.
William Alexander (Maidstone 1767 -Maidstone 1816)
Category
Books
Date
1823
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3069959
Summary
Bibliographic description
[132] p., [1], 60 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; fol. Shelved and uniform with other contemporary works on costume. Pencil notes on front free endpaper verso: "CP. HES" and "60 plates". Ephemera: typescript catalogue card loosely inserted. Scrap of paper used as a marker loosely inserted. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full straight-grained dark blue morocco; gilt and blind rolls to form an outer border; sewn onto five recessed cords; four false bands; spine gilt, lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Costumes' and 'Turkey'; gilt rolled corners of board edges; gilt rolled turn-ins; gilt textblock edges; blue ribbon marker.
Makers and roles
William Alexander (Maidstone 1767 -Maidstone 1816), author J. Dadley (1767 - 1817), engraver (printmaker) Octavian Dalvimart (fl.1800 - 1803), original artist William Poole (fl.late 18th - early 19th century), engraver (printmaker)