ANTOINE LAURENT CASTELLAN (FRENCH 1772-1838)
Grand Vizir à l'armée; Musicienne Danseuse; Yegnytchery......
three plates from Moeurs, Usages, Costumes des Ottomans, et abrégé de leur histoire, 1812
published Paris, Nepveu (Impr. Le Normant) 1812
11 x 8 cm (ea.) (3)
In a letter to Thomas Moore (August 28, 1813), Lord Byron wrote: If you want any more books, there is Castellan's Moeurs des Ottomans, the best compendium of the kind I ever met with in six small tomes."