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Explication des cent estampes qui représentent différentes nations du Levant avec de nouvelles estampes de cérémonies Turques qui ont aussi leurs explications

Author Le Hay French
Publisher Jacques Collombat French
Book: 1715; binding ca. 1755–60
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 525
The coat of arms with the three towers struck on the covers, indicate that this folio was once the property of Madame de Pompadour. The mistress of Louis XV had an important book collection and an interest in the Middle East. For that reason, the colored engravings of the various costumes and professions of the Levant included in this volume would have appealed to her.

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  • Title: Explication des cent estampes qui représentent différentes nations du Levant avec de nouvelles estampes de cérémonies Turques qui ont aussi leurs explications
  • Author: Le Hay (French)
  • Publisher: Jacques Collombat (French, 1668–1744)
  • Date: Book: 1715; binding ca. 1755–60
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Paper: engraved and hand colored; bound in red morocco leather
  • Dimensions: 19 3/4 × 13 1/2 in. (50.2 × 34.3 cm)
  • Classification: Books and book bindings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
  • Object Number: 2019.283.145
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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