[Near East]. LE HAY (Jacques); FERRIOL (C. de). Recueil de c - Lot 189

[Near East]. LE HAY (Jacques); FERRIOL (C. 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 de M. Ferriol gravées entre 1712 et 1713. A Paris, chez Sr. Le Hay, 1714. In-folio (approx. 50 x 33 cm.), [1] f. (engraved title), 100 plates, parchment binding as is, spine missing, boards flyleaf, dampstaining, marginal splits on qq. plates, touching engraving pl. 27 by approx. 5 cm, one quire of 6 f. flyleaf, russeting on pl. 81, missing part of pl. 100. First edition of one of the finest collections devoted to Turkish costume. It includes 100 copper-engraved plates by P. Simonneau, G. Scotin, J. Hussard, Cochin and others, based on drawings by the painter Jean-Baptiste Van Mour (1671-1737). (Cohen, 619; Brunet III, 947-948).