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BRINDESI, Jean.
Souvenirs de Constantinople.
FIRST AND APPARENTLY ONLY EDITION OF THIS RARE COLLECTION OF FINE VIEWS OF CONSTANTINOPLE. Brindesi (1826-1888) was a Turkish Orientalist painter, primarily a watercolour artist. The scenes in Souvenirs de Constantinople are notable for being genre scenes, views of quotidian life in Constantinople: "As a local artist, he brings nuance and an insider's perspective to his subjects; only occasionally does he indulge his clientele's orientalist expectations" (Koç).
- Published
- Paris: Lemercier, 1855-60.
- References
- Blackmer 207; Colas 447; Bobins 122. Not in Abbey .
- Plates
- 20
- Binding/Size
- L=FOLIO
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Paris: Lemercier, 1855-60.
- Ref
- 5095
Oblong folio. Original roan-backed cloth, elaborate gilt lettering, and decoration to upper board, blind-stamped to lower board. FIRST EDITION. 20 coloured lithographed plates. The scenes depict life on the Bosphorus. Coloured plates in order: 1. Vue Generale de Constantinople prise a Pera de la maison de l'artiste... 2. Chekerdji (Marchand de Sucreries.) 3. Dames Turques (Interieur). Costumes anciens. 4. Bateau (Kaiq). 5. Voiture Turque (Kotchi.) 6. Une Rue a Constantinople. 7. Cimetiere Turc. 8. Les Eaux Douces d'Asie (Gheuk Souyou.) 9. Bazar a Constantinople. 10. Bazar-Kaiq (Bateau omnibus.) 11. Voiture Turque (Talica.) 12. Environs de Brousse / Zeibeks (Bachi-bozouks) / Tahtarvan (Litiere.) 13. Vue de Pounar Bachi a Brousse, scene du Metah. (Conteur d'histoires.) 14. Dames du Palais du Sultan a la promenade / Kyzlar Agha (Eunique.) 15. Fontaine du Sultan Selim / Mosquee de Ste. Sophie. 16. Cour de la Mosquee de Top-Hane. 17. Palais du Sultan et Bateau de Parade. 18. Amiraute. 19. Vue du Bosphore, environs de Bebek. 20. Voiture Turque (Araba.)
