Title: "Manners, Uses, Ottoman Costumes, and an Abstract of their History" Volume 6
"Mœurs, Usages, Costumes Des Othomans, Et Abrégé De Leur Histoire" Tome Sixiéme
Author(s)/Editor(s): Antoine Laurent Castellan (A. L. Castellan)
Language(s): French (Français)
Publisher: Nepveu; Place: Paris, France; Year: 1812
Pages: 235; Cover: Hardback; Sizes: 8(W) x 13.5(H) cm
Condition: Good Antique Condition: General age wear, cover repaired. Some small torn/ missing pieces from the cover (mostly from spine area). Has some bumps. Light toning and some minor stains. Overall, internally clean; well kept and well preserved pages. For more information regarding book's condition- check provided images or ask us.
Item's Code: XF-114
ABOUT:
Very rare and unique, limited edition, 1812, volume 6th of the six volume set, "Mœurs, Usages, Costumes Des Othomans, Et Abrégé De Leur Histoire" by Antoine Laurent Castellan, a French architect, painter and engraver. This specific volume is on the folk costumes and national clothing of the peoples of the Ottoman Empire, such as Armenians, Greeks, Turks, Jews, Syrians and many others. There are 72 hand drawn, full page engraved plates.
Castellan studied landscape painting in Valenciennes, and travelled to Switzerland, Italy and the Ottoman Empire. He made a very short tour of Ottoman territories, principally of Southern Greece and the islands (Zakynthos, Cythera, the Peloponnese and Hydra) as well as Istanbul and the Hellespont.
At the end of the 18th century, during the reign of Sultan Selim III, in an effort to ameliorate relations with the Ottoman empire, France organized an expedition to Istanbul with the mission to repair ships and aid in other tasks in the port of the city. Castellan participated in the mission as a painter.
The expedition was unable to realize its goals, as its members were forced to flee in the face of war, an epidemic, fires and a revolt. Castellan however published his impressions of this voyage, in a text written in epistolary fashion, which circulated in three editions, with numerous engravings based on his drawings.
Unluckily, Castellan’s work circulated at the same time when Pouqueville knew huge editorial success with his own books. Castellan became a member of the Acadèmie des Beaux Arts, to which he dedicated the last years of his life. His work “Moeurs, usages, costumes des Othomans” (1812) was lavishly praised by Lord Byron.
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Mœurs, usages, costumes des Othomans, et abrégé de leur histoire , 1812, 6 vol., 72 planches, par A. L. Castellan, auteur de Lettres sur la Morée et sur Constantinople
Avec des éclaircissements tirés d'ouvrages orientaux, et communiqués par M. Langlès.
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ADDITIONAL INFO
Antoine-Laurent Castellan (1772–1838) was a French painter, architect, and engraver.
Castellan was born at Montpellier in 1772. After having studied landscape painting under Valenciennes, he visited Turkey, Greece, Italy, and Switzerland, and published several series of letters upon those parts, illustrated with views drawn and engraved by himself. His best-known work is the Moeurs, usages, costumes des Othomans, published in 1812, and highly praised by Lord Byron. He also wrote Etudes sur le Chateau de Fontainebleau, which was not published until after his death. He was also the inventor of a new process of painting in wax.
He died in Paris in 1838.
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Antoine-Laurent Castellan, né à Montpellier le 1er février 1772 et mort à Paris le 2 avril 1838 (à 66 ans), est un peintre, graveur et voyageur français.
élève de Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes qui lui apprend l'art du paysage, Castellan voyage beaucoup, notamment en Turquie, en Grèce, en Italie et en Suisse, et publie plusieurs ouvrages sur ces voyages, qu'il illustre et grave lui-même. Il est l'inventeur d'un nouveau procédé de peinture à la cire1.
Les Lettres sur l’Italie publiées en 3 tomes en 1819 racontent le voyage accompli en 1797 : le tome 1 raconte l'arrivée à Otrante depuis Corfou en août 1797 et décrit la remontée dans les Pouilles jusqu’à Naples, qu’il visite avec ses environs ; le tome 2 est consacré à Rome et ses environs ; le tome 3 à la Toscane (Florence, Fiesole, Pratolino, Pise, Vallombrosa). L’ouvrage est orné de cinquante planches dessinées et gravées par Castellan.
Correspondant de l’institut en 1815, Castellan entre à l'Académie des beaux-arts en 1816 au fauteuil « 5 ». Il a collaboré au Moniteur et à la Biographie universelle de Michaud
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