Turquie, par M. Jh Mie Jouannin, Premier Secretaire Interprete du roi four les Langues Orientales, et par M. Jules van Gaver.

"Turquie, par M. Jh Mie Jouannin, Premier Secretaire Interprete du roi four les Langues Orientales" by M. Jh. Mie Jouannin, Premier Secrétaire-Interprète du Roi pour les Langues Orientales, and M. Jules Van Gaver, published circa 1840 in Paris by Firmin Didot Frères. Part of L'Univers, ou Histoire et Description de tous les Peuples, de Leurs Théologies, Moeurs, Industrie, Costumes, etc., this richly illustrated volume presents a historical and cultural account of Turkey and the Ottoman world.

Octavo (5.375" x 8.5"), in the original publisher's deep blue cloth, exceptionally bright and crisp, with gilt title and gilt and blind decoration to the covers. Protected by a clear dust jacket. Includes 96 plates, a folding map of the Balkans, and a folding plan of Constantinople. With half-title and yellow endpapers. The contents exhibit moderate foxing. A handsome and extensively illustrated 19th-century French work documenting Turkey, its people, customs, and places.