[Fashion. Costume prints] Collection of 22 (large) prints

All 19th cent., various sizes and techniques but most large col. prints depicting inhabitants of the Ottoman Empire, the Middle East and India. Incl. a.o.: (1-3) "Caramanian woodcutters", "Women of Caramania" and "A Caramanian waywode". 3 contemp. handcol. aquatints after L. Mayer, all 32 x 22 cm. London, R. Bower Historic Gallery, 1803. From Views in the Ottoman Empire. Left margin frayed. (4-5) "Chaise palanquin" and "Thambourah". 2 handcol. etchings, 24 x 34.5 cm and 34.5 x 24 cm. From F. Baltazard Solvyns, Les Hindoûs, ou description de leurs moeurs, coutumes et ceremonies, 1810-11. -and 17 miscell. others.

(total 22)