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Pars Tuglaci, 1985. Soft Cover. Good/No jacket. Text in English and Turkish. Top and bottom edges of spine are rubbed. Some adhesive residue at bottom edge of spine. Binding is tight. Inside is clean and unmarked.

New York:: Anson D. F. Randolph, 1862., 1862. Folio. Tinted lithographic half-title with 12 vignettes by Charles Parsons, printed by Endicott & Co. (dated 1862), title-page, 20 chromolithographic plates by Charles Parsons after van Lennep, printed by Endicott & Co. of New York; some foxing and occasional waterstain (protruding into some plates and title). Modern brown morocco-backed and preserving original brown pebbled gilt-stamped (depicting a desert oasis with 2 palm trees, a woman riding a camel, being led by a bearded man), cloth boards, gilt spine bands. RARE. First and only edition of this remarkable album containing 20 chromolithographic plates, one of the most ambitious color-plate books of the American Civil War period (1861-64). The production of this large format album with printed text and plates, was based on the writings and drawings of Henry J. van Lennep, a Missionary in Turkey who returned to the United States in 1861. The book contains an introduction wherein the author… Leer más

New York: Anson D.F. Randolph, 1862. First. hardcover. very good. Extra illustrated tinted title page, and illustrated with 20 marvelous large chromolithographic plates by Parsons after van Lennep, all printed by Endicott & Co., most tissue-protected. 48 pages of text. Thin folio (17.75 x 14 inches), rebound in plain brown cloth (ex-library copy with small ink stamp inside front cover and small perforated stamp on the title, otherwise a virtually spotless copy). New York: Anson D. F. Randolph, 1862. Very good condition.<br/><br/> First and only edition of this very rare and stunning American chromolithographic work with lavish color plates. One of the few large-scale American chromolithographic works produced during the Civil War period, and probably the best such work created in 19th- Century America. Van Lennep had been a missionary in Anatolia since 1840 and "produced these fascinating costume drawings in oils largely of the Armenians there, also of Greeks and Jews. This is a… Leer más

New York: Anson D.F. Randolph, 1862. Folio. (18 x 13 1/2 inches). Tinted lithographic additional title by Charles Parsons, printed by Endicott & Co., 20 chromolithographic plates by Parsons after van Lennep, all printed by Endicott & Co. of New York. Expertly bound to style in half red morocco and period marbled paper covered boards, spine gilt with raised bands, marbled endpapers. A rare and important American color-plate book. One of the relatively few American costume books, and certainly the best such created in 19th-century America. This is a notable and unusual instance of the taste for the Ottoman or "Turkish" which manifested itself in the furniture of the period but seldom in books. In terms of American color-plate books, this is one of the only large projects from the 1860s, when the Civil War seems to have curtailed production of such lavish enterprises. "The one really big chromolithographic book of this decade ... the art is simple, but [Charles] Parson's hand is obvious in the good… Leer más

New York: Anson D.F. Randolph, 1862. Folio. (18 x 13 1/2 inches). 20 chromolithographic plates by Parsons after van Lennep, all printed by Endicott & Co. of New York. Tinted lithographic additional title by Charles Parsons, printed by Endicott & Co. Bound to style in half-black morocco with publisher's gilt-pictorial cloth boards A rare and important American color-plate book. One of the relatively few American costume books, and certainly the best such created in 19th-century America. This is a notable and unusual instance of the taste for the Ottoman or "Turkish" which manifested itself in the furniture of the period but seldom in books. In terms of American color-plate books, this is one of the only large projects from the 1860s, when the Civil War seems to have curtailed production of such lavish enterprises. "The one really big chromolithographic book of this decade ... the art is simple, but [Charles] Parson's hand is obvious in the good lithography, and Endicott's printing is well done for… Leer más

New York: Anson D. F. Randolph, 1862. First edition, folio, pp. [3]-48, inserted tinted lithographic title page by Charles Parsons, printed by Endicott & Co, 20 chromolithograph plates by Parsons after Van Lennep, also printed by Endicott; original morocco backed pictorial brown cloth stamped in gilt on the upper cover; hinges reinforced with Japanese tissue, spine rubbed and worn, but sound; internally fine. Bennett (misidentifying the author as Van Lennert), p. 108; Reese, 97. Accompanied by: Van Lennep, H. J. The Grave of Henry Martyn. Description to accompany the picture ... printed in oil colors by Messrs. Endicott & Co., NY: Anson D. F. Randolph, 1863, 16mo, pp. 16; original printed wrappers; fine. 7 in OCLC. A detailed description of the following: Accompanied by: a separately printed folio chromolithograph captioned "Tomb of Henry Martyn, at Tocat in Turkey," by Charles Parsons and printed by Endicott & Co. Also fine.