EditorialGate of Felicity (Babussaade) and Third Courtyard in Topkapi Palace, Istanbul. Inner palace with garden, treasury, harem, library and living quarters. Parade of horses in the Sultans honour on the eve of the Bayram. Crowds of people, women slaves, musi...
EditorialRites of passage in the Muslim cemetery of Eyup, Istanbul. Mourners in turban and robes praying before gravestones. Cimitero. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the Wo...
EditorialLibrary of Grand Vizier Koca Mehmet Ragp Pasha, Ottoman statesman (16981763). Scholars in turbans reading books at low tables on carpets. Biblioteca del Gran Visir Raghib Pascha. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico after Giulio Ferrario in his...
EditorialView of the Laleli Mosque or Tulip Mosque, Istanbul. Built by Sultan Mustafa III in the 18th century with large dome and two minarets. Moschea Lalely. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient and Modern...
EditorialPublic library of Abdul Hamid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1773-1789. Scholars in turbans reading books and scrolls in a carpeted libary surrounded by bookcases. Biblioteca di Abdul-Hamid. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico after Giulio F...
EditorialOne eyed creatures looking at a female figure. Un autre monde. Transformations, visions, incarnations ... et autres choses. Paris, 1844. Science-fiction. Black and white engraving / illustration. Source: 1458.k.10 page 102. Language: French.