[Collection of various portraits of the principal ladies of the Gate of the Great Turk].
[Paris], [Estienne], [1648].
Small folio, soft cream vellum (contemporary binding). Hole on the first cover.
An incomplete copy of the first edition. The engraved title, 8 plates (out of 12), and the last leaf of the privilege are missing. The copy includes the following plates: Tartar woman (VII), Greek woman (IX), Turkish baladine woman (X), Turkish woman on horseback (XI). Tear with lack of the first sheet of dedication. Soiling, wetness, holes and folds, annotations, not affecting the engravings. Rare, nevertheless.
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