Tatikian, B.

4to (322 x 225mm.), 39 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Tatikian, all with his imprint, captions in French (or occasionally without caption), nineteenth-century limp leather, lettered in gilt on upper cover "Eastern characters", [cf. Atabey 1196 and 1197], slightly soiled, binding slightly rubbed

A good collection of Tatikian's characteristic costume plates depicting Turks, Greeks, Albanians, Bedouins, Persians and other nationalities in their various trades and classes. Many of the subjects are recorded in the Atabey collection and a number illustrated in Navari's catalogue of the collection (p.629, top two illustrations; p.630, top left; p.633, bottom two illustrations).

The plates in this collection are as follows:

Albanais en grand costume; Albanais; Courrier Turc; [Uncaptioned (Oil and soap sellers)]; Femme Turque de Smyrne de haute classe; Araba de Constantinople; [Captioned in pencil "A Turkish Merchant"]; Egyptienne vendeuse d'oranges; Salep seller; Femme Persanne dans la maison; Prêtre Armenien de l'eglise Romaine; Femme Juive de Smyrne dans la rue; [Captioned in pencil "Sherbet seller"]; Paysanne Turque; Gardien de la Douane; Femme Armenienne classe ouvrière; Persan marchand de tabac (Constantinople); Femme Turque de Constantinople dans la rue; [Uncaptioned (?a baker)]; Arménienne dans la rue, Constantinople; Portefaix; Femme Turque dans la rue (Smyrne); [Captioned in pencil "Oil and soap sellers"; Garçon de barbier; Femme Grecque allant à la campagne; Marchand de Moussoul; Albanaise avec sa mère; Derviche; Derviche de l'ordre Bektachi; Calvadji; Bedouin en voyage; Turc marchand de Burekei (Constantinople); Caffedji ambulant de Constantinople; Turc marchand de gateaux (Constantinople); Juif vendeur d'oranges; Danseur Grec; Balayeur; [Captioned in pencil "Coffee bearer"; Garde exterieur.