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Preziosi, Stamboul Moeurs et Costumes
Preziosi, Stamboul Moeurs et Costumes
Paris, Canson, Libraire - Éditeur, 1883
Part of the Encyclopaedia of the Decorative Arts of the Orient. Large folio, incomplete, consisting of frontispiece, index and 17 colour lithographs illustrating the traditional customs of Istanbul, all contained within original cloth-covered cardboard folder. Inside showing Ex Libris from the Emil & Helene Jaensch collection. An Orientalist painter originally from Malta, Amadeo Preziosi (1816- 1882) arrived in Istanbul at the end of 1842 and lived there until his death in 1882. He became famous as the painter who reflected contemporary life in Istanbul. He was also employed as court painter during the period of Abdulhamid II.
67 X 48 cm