203- FERRIOL (Charles de): "Recueil de Cent estampes... Lot 203

203- [FERRIOL (Charles de)]: "Recueil de Cent estampes représentant différentes Nations du Levant tirées sur les Tableaux peints d'après Nature en 1707 et 1708 par les ordres M.de Ferriol, Ambassadeur du Roi à La Porte, et gravées en 1712 et 1713 par les soins de Mr. LE HAY." À Paris chez Le Hay, Duchange 1714. Followed by: "Explication des cent estampes qui représentent différentes nations du Levant..." Paris, Jacques Collombat, 1715. One large folio volume. 103 superb plates, 3 of which are folded, depicting officers, dignitaries and figures of daily life in the traditional costumes of the peoples of the Ottoman Empire, engraved in intaglio by DUBOSC, Gérard et Jean-Baptiste SCOTIN, SIMMONEAU FILS, HAUSSARD etc., after paintings by the French painter Jean-Baptiste VAN MOUR (with the plate of musical scores of the Dervishes in fine). Contemporary full marbled basane (tears). Spine richly ornamented with title page (headbands damaged, jaws split). Good condition inside. RARISSIVE and EXCEPTIONAL ORIGINAL EDITION of this famous 18th-century work. ***** Placing a bid is tantamount to accepting our conditions of sale, so please refer to **** for shipping details.