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[Dalvimart, Octavien]
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description
- The costume of Turkey. London: W[illiam] Miller, 1802 [plates watermarked 1823], folio (357 x 254mm.), text in English and French, 60 hand-coloured plates, contemporary red morocco gilt, lacking English title-page, very slight foxing to some plates, faint offsetting from some plates, library stamps on verso of front and recto of rear endpapers, binding rubbed
[Wageman, Thomas Charles] The Military Costume of Turkey. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1818 [plates watermarked 1817], first edition, folio (356 x 246mm.), engraved additional title-page with vignette and 30 plates, all hand-coloured, contemporary red morocco gilt (not uniform with the Dalvimart volume), spine gilt in compartments, lacking advertisement leaf, frontispiece cropped at lower margin, offsetting from most plates, binding rubbed
Provenance
[Dalvimart] E. Haigh, name with date 1827 on verso of front endpaper; Bolton public libraries, stamp on front pastedown
Literature
cf. Abbey, Travel 370 (1804 edition) and 373 (later edition); Atabey 312 (first edition) and not in Atabey; Blackmer 444 (second edition) and 1125
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Dalvimart is an enigmatic figure about whom little is certainly known. According to the preface, he travelled in Turkey in about 1798 and made drawings on the spot. He was certainly in Athens in 1797. Thomas Charles Wageman (1787-1863) was a proto-aesthete who oversaw the formation of the New Society of Painters in Water-Colours in 1831.