Explication des cent estampes qui représentent différentes nations du Levant avec de nouvelles estampes de cérémonies Turques qui ont aussi leurs explications
Jacques Collombat|Le Hay
Book: 1715; binding ca. 1755–60 · Paper: engraved and hand colored; bound in red morocco leather · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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.
- Artist
- Jacques Collombat|Le Hay
- Date
- Book: 1715; binding ca. 1755–60
- Medium
- Paper: engraved and hand colored; bound in red morocco leather
- Culture
- French
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
